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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3033 COCA: 2003

cable

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Related topics: Technology, Daily life, Water, Television & radio, Telephone, telegraph
ca·ble1 /ˈkeɪbəl/ ●●● W3 noun  
1  [countableC]TD a plastic or rubber tube containing wires that carry telephone messages, electronic signals, television pictures etc 电缆
 cables and switches for computers
电脑的缆线和开关
overhead/underground/undersea cable
 overhead power cables
高架电缆
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2. [countableC, uncountableU]TTWTBC a thick strong metal rope used on ships, to support bridges etc 〔船上或支撑桥梁等用的〕钢缆，钢索
3  AMT[uncountableU] a system of broadcasting television by using cables, paid for by the person watching it 有线电视
on cable
 I’ll wait for the movie to come out on cable.
我要等有线电视播出这部影片。
cable network/channel/programme 有线电视网/频道/节目
4. [countableC]TCT a telegram 电报
n COLLOCATIONS
types of cable
an electric/electricity cable
Be careful you don't cut through an electric cable.
a power cable (=an electric cable)
a power cable carrying 11,000 volts
a telephone cable
Telephone cables were damaged in the storm.
an overhead cable (=attached to high posts)
Overhead cables can be dangerous for birds.
an underground/undersea cable
The electricity will be transmitted by undersea cables.
verbs
lay/run a cable (=put one in position somewhere)
In the 1860s the first cables were laid under the oceans.
a cable connects something to something
How many miles of cables connect North America to Europe?
Examples from the Corpus
cable• Cable operators will be able to download software through the cable system into the set-tops.• a cable channel• Additionally, it read all cable traffic entering and leaving Britain.• This was done by cable to Parastaev, who by then was back in Moscow as general-secretary of the Society.• She set off to walk a mile to the mountain cable car on Wednesday.• During the war, obtaining cable traffic presented no problem because of mandatory cable censorship.• Their video-age medicine shows run on dozens of cable and broadcast outlets in the wee hours.• I wonder if an old John Wayne movie is showing on cable?• It is convenient to the railway station and only a 10 minute walk from the Schilthorn cable car.
overhead/underground/undersea cable• Our worst experience was when a ladder we were moving from A to B hit an overhead cable.• But what if the message happens to go by undersea cable?• Proton magnetometers are also susceptible to interference from overhead cables.• Now it plans to use its underground cable network to offer customers a telephone service as well.• The section of line between Wilton and Lackenby would carry power from the generators to the main overhead cable via a sub-station.• Oil slicks, overhead cables and pollution are all death traps for birds.• It was the first truly successful undersea cable, continuing in business for the next 24 years.• He claimed his research had shown links between high-voltage overhead cables and cancer clusters.
cable network/channel/programme• Two commercial radio broadcasters, two television stations and cable networks provide more news.• Only one in four cable channels managed to gain market share in prime time last year.• Both could assume roles on the new cable network.• The growth of cable networks is even more of a threat.• When he ran a small cable network in San Francisco, Hindery refused to carry the sport.• Hall plays Michael Atwood, a motivated but still far from star announcer working for an all-sports cable network in Atlanta.• His departure from Time Warner coincided with sluggish operating results at the cable channel.• There are now 21 talk shows on daytime television; two cable channels run them around the clock.
Related topics: Telephone, telegraph
cable2 verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]  
TCTto send someone a telegram （给…）发电报
cable somebody something
 I cabled Mary the good news.
我发电报告诉了玛丽这个好消息。
Examples from the Corpus
cable• She cabled her parents and told them she was going to the Salvation Army College in London.
From Longman Business Dictionary
cableca·ble /ˈkeɪbəl/ noun
1[countableC, uncountableU] a tube containing wires that carry electronic signals or information
Telecommunications is the transmission of information by cable or radio waves.
2[uncountableU] (also cable television)TELECOMMUNICATIONS a system of broadcasting television programmes by means of cables under the ground instead of signals through the air
At present it is providing cable television services to only 35,000 customers.
Only 2.5 percent of homes had cable installed by mid-1992.
→ pay cable
Origin cable1
1. (1200-1300) Old North French Medieval Latin capulum “circle of rope for catching animals”, from Latin capere “to take”
2. (1800-1900) cablegram
ca·ble1 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1cable2 verb
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3033 COCA: 2003
cable

noun¹

 1set of wires電纜ADJECTIVE | ... OF CABLE | VERB + CABLE | CABLE + VERB ADJECTIVE➤electric, telephone電纜；電話電纜▸➤overhead, underground高架／地下電纜▸➤fibre-optic/fiber-optic纖維光纜➤steel鋼纜➤analogue/analog, digital模擬／數字電纜... OF CABLE➤length一段電纜◇a length of electric cable一段電纜VERB + CABLE➤lay, run鋪設電纜◇Roads have to be dug up to lay underground cables.不得不挖開道路來鋪設地下電纜。◇Engineers plan to run the telephone cables under the river.工程師計劃在河底鋪設電話電纜。➤attach, connect, plug, plug in連接電纜；接通電纜◇Connect the cable to the correct terminal.將電纜連到正確的接線端。◇I plugged the cable into the amplifier.我將電纜與揚聲器接通。➤disconnect, unplug斷開電纜；拔去電纜插頭CABLE + VERB➤go, run電纜延伸◇a cable running under the road道路下面鋪設的電纜➤connect sth電纜連接⋯◇new cables connecting major cities in Europe連接歐洲主要城市的新電纜➤carry sth電纜傳輸⋯◇These cables can carry computer data.這些電纜可以傳送計算機數據。
cable

noun²

 2system providing TV, Internet and phone有線電視、因特網和電話的系統VERB + CABLE | CABLE + NOUN VERB + CABLE➤get, have擁有有線電視➤install安裝有線電視◇We just had cable installed.我們剛裝了有線電視。CABLE + NOUN➤television, TV有線電視➤channel, network有線頻道／網絡➤company, operator, provider有線電視公司／運營商／供應商➤subscriber有線電視用戶➤subscription有線電視用戶費➤bill有線電視費賬單➤connection有線電視的連接➤box有線電視機頂盒➤modem電纜調制解調器
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3033 COCA: 2003
cable noun
⇨ wire
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3033 COCA: 2003

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