打电报的英文：
telegraph
wire

参考例句：

He wired them his flight number and arrival time.
他打电报通知他们自己所乘的航班和到达时间。

cable (=wire) a message
打电报发消息

You'd better telegraph.
你最好是打电报。

We cabled congratulations to him.
我们打电报向他祝贺。

I want to send a telegram.
我要打电报。

Shall I telegraph or telephone?
要我打电报还是打电话?

A telegram will be the quickest way to transmit the message.
打电报将是传递这个信息的最快途径。

He 's just had the telegram sent to
他刚让人打电报给布拉克先生。

brevity is essential when you send a telegram or cablegram; you are charged for every word
打电报最主要的是简短，因为每一个词都是要收费的。

The sailor cabled his family from tokyo
那名船员从东京打电报通知了他的家人。

telegraph是什么意思：
n. 电报；电报机
v. 发电报；流露出

Send the message on the telegraph.
将这个消息用电报机发出。

Interference from one telegraph circuit to another telegraph circuit or into telephone circuits.
一条电报线路或电话线路对另一条电报线路或电话线路的干扰。

Mr. Amery telegraphed in this sense to the viceroy on the same day
艾默里先生于同日将此意电告总督。

The quartermaster rang up the order on the engine room telegraph.
航信士官通过机舱令钟传达了命令。

There's a look about him that telegraphed bad news.
他那副样子流露出有坏消息。

wire是什么意思：
n. 金属丝；电线；电报
v. 给…装电线；拍电报

send (off) a wire
发电报

cable (=wire) a message
打电报发消息

The mattress is made of spring wires.
这个床垫是用弹簧做的。

Wire it will become durable .
里边加上电线会让它更耐用。

Please wire us the result.
请打电报告诉我们结果。