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- alarm [ə 'lɑrm] [ə 'lɑːm]
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1.
noun
[archaic]
紧急战斗号令
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2.
noun
警报；报警信号；喊叫报警
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3.
noun
报警器，警报器，告警机，警钟，警铃，警笛
- a burglar alarm
- 匪警
- The fire raised doubts about the safety of the fire alarm systems.
- 大火引发了人们对于火灾预警系统安全性的质疑。
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4.
noun
闹（钟）铃
- Have you set up the alarm clock?
- 你定闹钟了吗？
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5.
noun
惊恐，惊慌，恐惧
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6.
noun
[fencing]
跨步决斗
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7.
noun
号召武装起来的信号
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8.
vt.
向…报警，警告，告急，使警觉
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9.
vt.
使惊恐，使惊慌，使恐慌；使焦虑不安
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10.
vt.
[rarely used]
征召入伍
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1.
noun
[archaic]
紧急战斗号令
Collins English-English Dictionary
- alarm [ə'lɑːm]
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1.
vt.
[tr]
to fill with apprehension, anxiety, or fear
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2.
vt.
to warn about danger; alert
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3.
vt.
to fit or activate a burglar alarm on a house, car, etc
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4.
n
fear or terror aroused by awareness of danger; fright
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5.
n
apprehension or uneasiness
- the idea of failing filled him with alarm
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6.
n
a noise, signal, etc, warning of danger
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7.
n
any device that transmits such a warning
- a burglar alarm
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8.
n
the device in an alarm clock that triggers off the bell or buzzer
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9.
n
short for alarm clock
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10.
n
[archaic]
a call to arms
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11.
n
[fencing]
a warning or challenge made by stamping the front foot
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12.
n
[Etymology]
C14: from Old French alarme, from Old Italian all'arme to arms; see
arm 2
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1.
vt.
[tr]
to fill with apprehension, anxiety, or fear
Examples
- a burglar alarm
- 匪警 → alarm
- The fire raised doubts about the safety of the fire alarm systems.
- 大火引发了人们对于火灾预警系统安全性的质疑。 → raise
- Have you set up the alarm clock?
- 你定闹钟了吗？ → alarm clock
- to raise/sound the alarm
- 拉响警报 → alarm
- to view {or} regard sth with alarm
- 警觉地看待某事物 → alarm
- He set his alarm clock for four a.m.
- 他把闹钟设定在早晨4点。 → set
- Sound the alarm!
- 敲警钟！ → sound
- the idea of failing filled him with alarm → alarm
- a burglar alarm → alarm
- a call-alarm system → call alarm
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