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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3033 COCA: 2003

cable

1 cable /ˈkeɪbəl/ noun
plural cables
1 cable
/ˈkeɪbəl/
noun
plural cables
Learner's definition of CABLE
: a thick, strong rope made of wires that are twisted together缆绳;缆索;钢缆
[count]
[noncount]
[count] : a wire that moves a part in a machine(控制机器部件的)拉索
: a group of wires, glass fibers, etc., covered in plastic or rubber and used to carry electricity or electrical signals多芯导线;电缆;光缆
[count]
[noncount]
[count] : a message sent by telegraph : telegram电报
[noncount] : cable television
2 cable /ˈkeɪbəl/ verb
cables; cabled; cabling
2 cable
/ˈkeɪbəl/
verb
cables; cabled; cabling
Learner's definition of CABLE
: to send a message by telegraph : telegraph发电报
[+ object]
[no object]
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3033 COCA: 2003

cable

1 of 2

noun

ca·​ble ˈkā-bəl How to pronounce cable (audio)
often attributive
1
a
: a strong rope especially of 10 inches (25 centimeters) or more in circumference
b
: a cable-laid rope
c
: a wire rope or metal chain of great tensile strength
d
: a wire or wire rope by which force is exerted to control or operate a mechanism
2
3
a
: an assembly of electrical conductors insulated from each other but laid up together (as by being twisted around a central core)
b
: cablegram
also : a radio message or telegram
4
: something resembling or fashioned like a cable
a fiber-optic cable
5
a
: cable television
a house with cable
b
: a cable infrastructure used to provide services other than television
often used before another noun
cable Internetcable telephony

cable

2 of 2

verb

cabled; cabling ˈkā-b(ə-)liŋ How to pronounce cable (audio)

transitive verb

1
: to fasten with or as if with a cable
2
: to provide with a cable or cables
3
: to telegraph by submarine cable
4
: to make into a cable or into a form resembling a cable

intransitive verb

: to communicate by a submarine cable
cabler
ˈkā-b(ə-)lər
noun

Synonyms

Example Sentences

Noun The bridge is held up by cables. Their company supplied cable for the project. We need more cable to hook up the computers. Verb She cabled the news to the United States. She cabled her parents for money. The soldiers cabled back to headquarters. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Veteran newsman Bernard Shaw, CNN’s first chief anchor who helmed coverage at the cable news network for two decades, has died. Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2022 Chris Cuomo is returning to cable news after a ten-month absence. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 7 Sep. 2022 Chris Licht took over the network in May, pledging to restore its place in the center of the American cable news ecosystem—that is to say between MSNBC and Fox News—and make the network less of a lightning rod for criticism from the right. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 7 Sep. 2022 Biden's speech was carried live on CNN and MSNBC, but it was not shown on Fox News, the most-watched of the cable-news channels. Paul Farhi, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2022 Major cable news networks are also likely to cover the launch and some broadcast networks could briefly break into programming. Chris Morris, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2022 With December approaching, cable news couldn’t resist the drama, broadcasting segments that gave credence to outlandish theories. Steve Adelman, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2022 Is there an opening for reinvention, or at least modernization, of the cable news formula? Brian Stelter, CNN, 17 Aug. 2022 On Tuesday night, Alex Wagner begins hosting the other four nights a week of Maddow’s old shift, ushering in a highly experimental new era for one of the most pivotal time slots in cable news. Jeremy Barr, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2022
Verb
Next up is another superset, this time cable straight arm pushdowns and lat pulldowns (1 to 2 sets, reaching failure between 6 and 10 reps), and 1 to 2 sets of straight arm pushdowns (15 to 20 reps). Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 4 July 2022 Alcatel, which laid Quintillion Networks’ subsea cable off the North Slope, has been hired as the lead engineering, procurement and construction partner. James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Dec. 2021 With an enormous choice of new and classic TV shows, an optional live TV component, and the ability to bundle in additional channels and services, Hulu is an ideal service for new cord-cutters who are used to cable. Simon Hill, Wired, 22 Nov. 2021 To be fair, Peacock never marketed itself as the home of all streaming coverage, and NBCU is hardly the first conglomerate to move programming once exclusive to cable over to streaming (think FX on Hulu). Josef Adalian, Vulture, 29 July 2021 The Tokyo Olympics are officially underway, but how can cable cutters take part in this year’s action? Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 24 July 2021 When World War II broke out, the New Yorker magazine contracted Panter-Downes to cable a 1,500-word weekly letter of wartime impressions from London. Peter Caddick-adams, WSJ, 4 June 2021 So the only way to kill it off is to bully cable companies into dropping the network. Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 25 Feb. 2021 Then crew members ran cable into the actors' home so that cameras could be set up inside. Leah Marilla Thomas, refinery29.com, 21 Aug. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin capulum lasso, from Latin capere to take — more at heave entry 1

First Known Use

Noun

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

circa 1500, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of cable was in the 13th century
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3033 COCA: 2003
cable

noun¹

1set of wires電纜ADJECTIVE | ... OF CABLE | VERB + CABLE | CABLE + VERB ADJECTIVEelectric, 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 CABLElength一段電纜a length of electric cable一段電纜VERB + CABLElay, 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 + VERBgo, 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 + CABLEget, 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 + NOUNtelevision, 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

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