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.
noisen. 噪音;嘈杂声,喧闹声;声音,声响;杂音;
vt. 谣传;哄传;传说;
vi. 发出声音;大声议论;
dropvt.& vi. (使)落下;投下;(使)降低;减少;
vt. 放弃;停止;(故意)降下;垂下(眼睛);
n. 滴;空投;降落;少量;
vi. (水或其他液体)滴;结束;(因受伤或死等)倒下;退出;
artn. 艺术;艺术作品;(需要技术、工艺的)行业;文艺(包括绘画、雕塑、建筑、音乐、舞蹈、戏剧、文学等);
vi. thou art 即 you are,对一人讲话时用;
adj. 艺术的;(为)艺术家的;艺术品的;具有艺术性的;
vt.& vi. [口语](把…)装饰得古色古香,(把…)装饰得古怪而有艺术趣味,把…装饰得有艺术价值;把…加以艺术乔装,使艺术化[仅用于 art up 短语中];