telegraph

露呈する、表す

動きや態度で気持ちや計画を伝えてしまう。無意識の場合が多い。

やさしい英語で： To show your feelings or plans through your movements or behaviour, often without meaning to.

• His face telegraphed his disappointment.
• Try not to telegraph your next move.
• She telegraphed her impatience by repeatedly checking the clock.

類義語： signal, reveal, give away

反対語： conceal, hide

よく使う表現： telegraph your intentions, telegraph a punch, telegraph your next move

電報を打つ

電話の普及前によく使われた、電気信号の仕組みでメッセージを送る。

やさしい英語で： To send someone a message using an electrical signal system once common before telephones.

• They telegraphed for help.
• She telegraphed the news to her brother.
• The captain telegraphed that the ship had reached port.

使い方： telegraph someone that… (He telegraphed his wife that he would arrive on Monday.)

類義語： wire, cable

よく使う表現： telegraph someone, telegraph the news, telegraph for help

電信機、電信

電気信号を使って遠くへメッセージを送る、昔の装置や仕組み。

やさしい英語で： An older device or system that sends messages over long distances using electrical signals.

• The museum has an old telegraph.
• Messages once travelled across the country by telegraph.
• The telegraph operator tapped out a message in code.

よく使う表現： electric telegraph, telegraph operator, by telegraph