英语词组bush telegraph是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

the bush telegraph

Word of mouth; the grapevine. Don't expect that to stay a secret in this office—the bush telegraph is swift around here.

the bush telegraph

BRITISH, OLD-FASHIONED

The bush telegraph is the way in which information or news is passed from person to person in conversation. No, you didn't tell me, but I heard it on the bush telegraph. Jean-Michel had heard of our impending arrival in Conflans long before we got there. The bush telegraph on the waterways is extremely effective. Note: This expression refers to a primitive method of communication where people scattered over a wide area beat drums to send messages to one another.

bush telegraph

a rapid informal spreading of information or rumour; the network through which this takes place.

This expression originated in the late 19th century, referring to the network of informers who kept bushrangers informed about the movements of the police in the Australian bush or outback. Compare with hear something on the grapevine (at grapevine).

ˌbush ˈtelegraph

the spreading of news quickly from one person to another: Everyone knew about it before it was officially announced: the bush telegraph had been at work again. Bush in this phrase refers to the areas of wild land in Australia. Bush telegraph originally meant the people who informed bushrangers (= criminals who lived in the bush) about the movements of the police.

词组	bush telegraph
释义	Idiom bush telegraph British & Australian the way in which people quickly pass important information to other people, especially by talking. News of the redundancies spread immediately on the bush telegraph. bush telegraph noun an information network utilising word of mouth; the grapevine AUSTRALIA, 1962 the bush telegraph Word of mouth; the grapevine. Don't expect that to stay a secret in this office—the bush telegraph is swift around here. the bush telegraph BRITISH, OLD-FASHIONED The bush telegraph is the way in which information or news is passed from person to person in conversation. No, you didn't tell me, but I heard it on the bush telegraph. Jean-Michel had heard of our impending arrival in Conflans long before we got there. The bush telegraph on the waterways is extremely effective. Note: This expression refers to a primitive method of communication where people scattered over a wide area beat drums to send messages to one another. bush telegraph a rapid informal spreading of information or rumour; the network through which this takes place. This expression originated in the late 19th century, referring to the network of informers who kept bushrangers informed about the movements of the police in the Australian bush or outback. Compare with hear something on the grapevine (at grapevine). ˌbush ˈtelegraph the spreading of news quickly from one person to another: Everyone knew about it before it was officially announced: the bush telegraph had been at work again. Bush in this phrase refers to the areas of wild land in Australia. Bush telegraph originally meant the people who informed bushrangers (= criminals who lived in the bush) about the movements of the police.
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