单词 | panic button |
释义 | panic buttonWord family adjectivepanickypanic-strickenpaniclednounpanic buttonpaniclepanicPanicumadverbpaniculately ˈpanic ˌbutton noun [countableC] 1. a button that you can press to call for help if you are being attacked 紧急呼救按钮 2. press/push the panic button British EnglishBrE to do something quickly without thinking enough about it, because something unexpected or dangerous has suddenly happened 惊慌失措,在紧急情况下慌乱行事 Examples from the Corpus press/push the panic button• And why have governments in the region not pressed the panic button?• Derby County chairman Brian Fearn has refused to push the panic button after Tranmere's 2-1 win. Examples from the Corpus panic button• Through the watery mist she focused on the red panic button that stood out upon the wall behind the door.• She managed to push a silent panic button linked to the police station while doing so.• Thursday inside the Olympic Dome, Rudy not have hit the panic button, but his voice clearly was raised.• But when Tonia is due to jet in he hits the panic button and blitzes the housework.• Derby County chairman Brian Fearn has refused to push the panic button after Tranmere's 2-1 win. |
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