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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

alarm

英  [əˈlɑːm]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词

  • alarms

    1. [U 不可数名词] 惊恐，忧虑

    Alarm is a feeling of fear or anxiety that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.

    双语例句

    例：

    The news was greeted with alarm by senators.

    得知这一消息，议员们忧心忡忡。

    2. [C 可数名词] 警报器

    An alarm is an automatic device that warns you of danger, for example, by ringing a bell.

    双语例句

    例：

    He heard the alarm go off.

    他听见警报器响了。

    PHRASE. 习语

  • alarm bells

    1. 危险信号

    If you say that something sets alarm bells ringing, you mean that it makes people feel worried or concerned about something.

    双语例句

    例：

    This has set the alarm bells ringing in Moscow.

    这已给莫斯科拉响了警报。

  • raise the alarm , sound the alarm

    1. 发出警报

    If you raise the alarm or sound the alarm, you warn people of danger.

    双语例句

    例：

    His family raised the alarm when he had not come home by 9 o'clock.

    当他到晚上9点还没回家时，他的家人报了警。

    VERB. 动词

  • alarms , alarming , alarmed

    1. [T 及物动词] 使惊恐，使忧虑

    If something alarms you, it makes you afraid or anxious that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.

    近义词

    frighten

    双语例句

    例：

    We could not see what had alarmed him.

    我们不明白是什么吓着他了。

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