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Alarm Bells Unpleasant Dangerous Happen Makes N Count Ringing

单词 alarm
音标
英[əˈlɑ:m] 美[əˈlɑrm]
解释
n.惊恐;警报;闹铃;动员令;vt.使惊恐;警告;给(门等)安装警报器;
例句

N-UNCOUNT
惊恐;忧虑;担心
Alarm is a feeling of fear or anxiety that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.
例:The news was greeted with alarm by MPs...得知这个消息,议员们忧心忡忡。
例:She sat up in alarm...她惊慌得坐了起来。

VERB
使惊恐;使忧虑;使担心
If something alarms you, it makes you afraid or anxious that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.
例:We could not see what had alarmed him.我们搞不明白是什么使他忧虑不安。

N-COUNT
警报器
An alarm is an automatic device that warns you of danger, for example by ringing a bell.
例:He heard the alarm go off.他听见警报响了。
例:...an extremely sophisticated alarm system...极其先进的警报系统

N-COUNT
同alarm clock
An alarm is the same as an alarm clock .

PHRASE
危险信号;警报
If you say that something sets alarm bells ringing, you mean that it makes people feel worried or concerned about something.
例:This has set the alarm bells ringing in Moscow...这已给莫斯科拉响了警报。
例:Alarm bells are beginning to sound at Westminster.威斯敏斯特的警钟已开始敲响。

PHRASE
发出警报;敲警钟
If you raise the alarm or sound the alarm, you warn people of danger.
例:His family raised the alarm when he had not come home by 9pm.等到晚上9点他还未回家,他的家人便报警了。
变形
third:alarms~done:alarmed~pl:alarms~ing:alarming~past:alarmed~

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