Слово англійською: cable
Іменник
Переклад cable українською: ка́бель, кана́тна доро́га, ка́бельне телеба́чення, фунікуле́р, подо́вжувач, трос, подві́йна лі́нія
Детальний опис
- [countable, uncountable] a set of wires, covered in plastic or rubber, that carries electricity, phone signals, etc.
- fibre-optic cable
- a power cable
- overhead/underground/undersea cables
- a 10 000-volt cable
- a USB cable
- a length of electric cable
- They're digging up the road to lay cables.
- [uncountable, countable] thick strong metal rope used on ships, for supporting bridges, etc.
- [uncountable]
(also cable television, cable TV)
a system of broadcasting television programmes along wires rather than by radio waves- We can receive up to 500 cable channels.
- We just had cable installed.
- [countable] (old-fashioned) a message sent by electrical signals and printed out
Word OriginMiddle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French chable, from late Latin capulum ‘halter’.