单词 | alarm |
释义 | alarm n 1 [C] (a) warning sound or signal 警报的声音或信号 give/raise/sound the alarm 发出警报. (b) apparatus that gives such a warning 警报器; 警报装置 Where´s the fire alarm? 火警的警铃在哪 ? 2 [C] = alarm clock. 3 [U] fear and excitement caused by the expectation of danger 惊慌; 恐慌 This news fills me with alarm. 这消息使我大为惊慌. He jumped up in alarm. 他惊慌地跳了起来. There´s no cause for alarm. 不必惊慌. 4 (idm 习语) a false alarm => false. alarm, v [Tn] give a warning or feeling of danger to (a person or an animal); frighten; disturb 警告或惊吓(人或动物); 使惊觉; 惊动 I don´t want to alarm you, but there´s a strange man in your garden. 我并不想吓著你, 不过你的花园 可有个生人. Alarmed by the noise, the birds flew away. 那声音把鸟吓飞了. alarmed adj [pred 作表语] ~ (at/by sth) anxious or afraid 担心; 害怕 I´m rather alarmed (to hear) that you´re planning to leave the company. (听说)你打算脱离这个公司, 我有些担心. alarming adj causing fear; disturbing 使人害怕的; 吓人的; 扰乱人心的 an alarming increase in the number of burglaries 窃案惊人的增多 The report is most alarming. 这个报告最为扰乱人心. alarmingly adv Prices have increased alarmingly. 价格惊人地增长. |
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