Error rate of telegraph
[计] 电报出错率
🧩 词语组成解析
rate
[reit]
n. 速度;比率;等级;（利息等的）费率;
vt. 估价;值得;责骂;定级;
vt.& vi. 认为，把…算作;
vi. 被评价;被认为;被列入;申斥;
of
[əv]
prep. 关于;属于…的;由…制成;
aux. 助动词 [非标准用语、方言] =have [主用于虚拟语气];
telegraph
['tɛlɪɡræf]
n. 电报;电讯;电报机;信号机;
vt.& vi. 打电报;流露出;电汇;用电报通知;
vt. 用电报发送;打电报向（某人）发指令;电汇;电购;
tele远+graph写，图→从远方写来→电报
🗣️ 情景例句
You go ahead with the formalities. I'll see to the heavy luggage.
您先去办手续，我来帮您照看大件行李。
When guns speak it is too late to argue.
待到炮声响，辩论已莫及。
He was greeted by an unpleasant smell which convinced him that I was telling the truth.
一股怪味袭来，使他相信了我说的真话。