telegram
英 ['telɪgræm]
美 ['tɛlɪɡræm]
語源
電報tele-、遠い、-gram、書く、記録する、-graphから派生した。
英語の語源
- telegram (n.)
- "telegraphic dispatch," according to Bartlett's 1859 edition a coinage of E. Peshine Smith of Rochester, N.Y., from tele-, as in telegraph + -gram, and introduced in the Albany "Evening Journal" of April 6, 1852. Damned in the cradle by purists who pointed out that the correct formation would be telegrapheme (which is close to the Modern Greek word).
May I suggest to such as are not contented with 'Telegraphic Dispatch' the rightly constructed word 'telegrapheme'? I do not want it, but ... I protest against such a barbarism as 'telegram.' [Richard Shilleto, Cambridge Greek scholar, in the London "Times," Oct. 15, 1857]
Related: Telegrammic.
例文
- 1. 「I want to send a telegram ."-"Fine，to whom？"
- 「電報を送りたい。」-「はい、誰に送りますか？」
2.A few days earlier he had received a telegram from Lord Lloyd.数日前、ロイズ卿から電報を受け取った。- 3.The victory inspired him to dispatch a gleful telegram to Roosevelt.
- 勝利はルーズベルトに朗報を送ったことを促した。
- 4.A telegram from Uncle Fred arrived.
- フレッドおじさんからの電報が来た。
- 5.The President received a briefing by telegram .
- 大統領は電報で送ったブリーフィングを受け取った。