Alarm
[ə'lɑːm] or [ə'lɑrm]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event.
(noun.) an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger.
(noun.) fear resulting from the awareness of danger.
(verb.) warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness; 'The empty house alarmed him'; 'We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries'.
凯茜錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
(n.) Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.
(n.) A sudden attack; disturbance; broil.
(n.) Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.
(n.) A mechanical contrivance for awaking persons from sleep, or rousing their attention; an alarum.
(v. t.) To call to arms for defense; to give notice to (any one) of approaching danger; to rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.
(v. t.) To keep in excitement; to disturb.
(v. t.) To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
比利編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Alarum, larum, tocsin, summons to arms, alarm-bell, beat of drum, sound of trumpet, notice of danger, signal of distress.[2]. Fear, apprehension, terror, fright, affright, consternation, dismay.
v. a. [1]. Call to arms, summon to arms.[2]. Terrify, frighten, affright, startle, scare, daunt, appall, put in fear.
克劳德特錄入
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Apprehension, fright, fear, timidity, consternation, tocsin, war-cry, war-note,reveille, dread, {[af]?}, fright, disquietude, dismay
ANT:Confidence, security, quiet
SYN:Warn, wake, terrify, intimidate, frighten
ANT:Compose, embolden, reassure, rally
校對:玛吉
解釋/意思:
n. notice of danger: sudden surprise with fear: a mechanical contrivance to arouse from sleep: a call to arms.—v.t. to call to arms: to give notice of danger: to fill with dread.—adv. Alarm′ingly.—n. Alarm′ist one who excites alarm: one given to prophesy danger.—adj. alarming.
戴维錄入
例句/造句/用法:
- But not so easily did Elinor recover from the alarm into which it had thrown her. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- There is no one else, and no sound could alarm those who are in the farther wing. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- In December, 1762, a circumstance which caused great alarm in the province took place. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- I don't want to alarm my aunt without reason, he said. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- He must be gone within a few hours, though without feeling any real alarm for his aunt, to lessen his repugnance. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- He turned red and started back from her with a look of great alarm and horror. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- It was unmistakably the voice of a man in great alarm. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- That is what alarms me so much. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Such fire alarms can be exchanged automatically, or by operators, and are sometimes associated with a large fire-alarm bell or whistle. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- She knows what our real objects are, and she don't have any more alarms or suspicions about us, than if we was so many lambs. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Among the latest inventions are electrical connections with the safe, whereby tampering therewith alarms one or more watchmen at a near station. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Nervous alarms should always be communicated, that they may be dissipated. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Mr. Woodhouse talked over his alarms, and Emma was in spirits to persuade them away with all her usual promptitude. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- The unusual nature of the demand on my judgment puzzled me, especially following the alarms of the night. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- After waiting some time Mrs. Clements became alarmed, and ordered the cabman to drive back to her lodgings. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- It was only when I had joined him there that I heard what had alarmed his quicker senses. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- There is really nothing to be alarmed about. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Mrs. John Knightley is easily alarmed, and might be made unhappy about her sister. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- Our friend Mr. Skimpole--don't be alarmed! 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Rawdon thanked his sister a hundred times, and with an ardour of gratitude which touched and almost alarmed that soft-hearted woman. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Such constitutional monarchists as General Lafayette were seriously alarmed. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The girl's state was, to my thinking, downright alarming--and my mistress ought to be informed of it. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- There is nothing very alarming in his appearance. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Earnestness in you, is anything but alarming to me. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- With almost every other man in the world, it would be an alarming prospect; but Edward's affection and constancy nothing can deprive me of I know. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- But France was pursuing a very dangerous and alarming game, a game even more dangerous and alarming on the map than in reality. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Those clouds look alarming. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Embarking would be easy, but the vision of open sea that might come after was alarming. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
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