cable
US: /ˈkeɪbəɫ/
UK: /kˈeɪbəl/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
cable /'keibl/- danh từ
- dây cáp
- cáp xuyên đại dương
- (như) cablegram
- (hàng hải) dây neo
- (hàng hải) tầm (1 qoành 0 hải lý tức 183m, (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) 219m) ((cũng) cable length)
- đường viền xoắn (quanh cột); đường chạm xoắn (vòng vàng)
- to cut (slip) one's cables
- (từ lóng) chết ngoẻo
- động từ
- cột bằng dây cáp, buộc bằng dây cáp
- đánh điện xuyên đại dương; đánh cáp
- trang bị bằng đường viền xoắn (cột)
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb+ noun
1 [U, C] thick strong metal rope used on ships, for supporting bridges, etc.
2 [C, U] a set of wires, covered in plastic or rubber, that carries electricity, telephone signals, etc: overhead / underground cables + a 10 000 volt cable + fibre-optic cable
3 [U] = CABLE TELEVISION: We can receive up to 500 cable channels.
4 [C] (old-fashioned) a message sent by electrical signals and printed out
+ verb [V, VN] (old-fashioned) to send sb a message by cable
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 wire, line, rope, hawser, chain, mooring, strand, guy:
The cable broke and we were set adrift.
2 telegram, wire, cablegram, radiogram, US Mailgram:
Send a cable to Jones about the meeting.
v.
3 telegraph, wire; radio:
Cable Jones to come at once.
Collocation
ADJ.
electric, telephone | overhead, underground | fibre-optic
QUANT.
length
a length of electric cable
VERB + CABLE
lay, run
Roads have to be dug up to lay underground cables. Engineers plan to run the telephone cables under the river.
| connect
Connect the cable to the correct terminal.
CABLE + VERB
go, run
a cable running under the road
| connect sth
new cables connecting major cities in Europe
| carry sth
These fibre-optic cables can carry telephone calls and computer data.
Concise dictionary
cables|cabled|cabling'keɪblnoun
+a telegram sent abroad
+a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power
+a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire
+a nautical unit of depth
+television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver
+a television system that transmits over cables
verb
+send cables, wires, or telegrams
+fasten with a cable
