alarm

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英 [ə'lɑːm] 美[ə'lɑrm]

释义

n. 闹钟；警报，警告器；惊慌

vt. 警告；使惊恐

词态变化

复数: alarms;第三人称单数: alarms;过去式: alarmed;过去分词: alarmed;现在分词: alarming;

近义词

agitate shock arouse disturb frighten startle unnerve jar jolt

中文词源

alarm 警报

来自意大利语all’arme, 全部拿起武器。

英文词源

alarm: alarm: [14] Alarm was originally a call to arms. It comes from the Old Italian phrase all’ arme ‘to the weapons!’ This was lexicalized as the noun allarme, which was borrowed into Old French as alarme, and thence into English. The archaic variant alarum seems to have arisen from an emphatic rolling of the r accompanying a prolongation of the final syllable when the word was used as an exclamation.
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alarm (n.): early 14c., from Old French alarme (14c.), from Italian all'arme "to arms!" (literally "to the arms"). An interjection that came to be used as the word for the call or warning (compare alert). Extended 16c. to "any sound to warn of danger or to arouse." Weakened sense of "apprehension, unease" is from 1833. Variant alarum is due to the rolling -r- in the vocalized form. Sometimes in early years anglicized as all-arm. Alarm clock is attested from 1690s (as A Larum clock).
alarm (v.): 1580s, from alarm (n.). Related: Alarmed; alarming.

双语例句

1. Any escape, once it's detected, sets off the alarm.: 一旦发现有泄漏，警报就会响起来。

2. He returned to the airport to find his car alarm going off.: 他回到机场时听到自己的汽车报警器响了。

3. He expressed alarm about the government's increasingly bellicose statements.: 他对政府越来越具挑衅性的声明表示担忧。

4. This has set the alarm bells ringing in Moscow.: 这已给莫斯科拉响了警报。

5. An alarm links the police station to the divisional headquarters.: 在部门总部和警察局之间连有警报器。

英英释意

1. fear resulting from the awareness of danger

2. a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event

3. an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger

4. a clock that wakes sleeper at preset time

实用场景例句

The captain knew there was an engine fault but didn't want to alarm the passengers.: 船长知道一台发动机出了故障，不过他不想惊动乘客。

A car alarm went off in the middle of the night (= started ringing) .: 半夜里一辆汽车的警报器突然响了起来。

The alarm went off at 7 o'clock.: 闹钟在7点钟响了。

The cat set off the alarm (= made it start ringing) .: 猫碰响了警铃。

I hammered on all the doors to raise the alarm .: 我敲打所有的门让大家警觉。

a burglar/fire/smoke alarm: 防盗 / 防火 / 烟火警报器

‘What have you done? ’ Ellie cried in alarm .: “你都干了些什么？”埃利惊恐地喊道。

I felt a growing sense of alarm when he did not return that night.: 那天夜里他没有回家，我越来越感到恐慌。

The doctor said there was no cause for alarm .: 医生说不必惊慌。

She decided to sound the alarm (= warn people that the situation was dangerous) .: 她决定发出警报。

...an extremely sophisticated alarm system...: 极其先进的警报系统

This has set the alarm bells ringing in Moscow...: 这已给莫斯科拉响了警报。

Alarm bells are beginning to sound at Westminster.: 威斯敏斯特的警钟已开始敲响。

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。

The news was greeted with alarm by MPs...: 得知这个消息，议员们忧心忡忡。

She sat up in alarm...: 她惊慌得坐了起来。

We could not see what had alarmed him.: 我们搞不明白是什么使他忧虑不安。

He heard the alarm go off.: 他听见警报响了。

Even numbers I win, odd numbers I lose.: 偶数我赢, 奇数我输.

On hearing the alarm the fire brigade rushed to the scene.: 消防队闻讯赶到.

There is no ground for alarm.: 没有理由惊惶失措.

The alarm clock awoke me on time.: 闹钟按时把我闹醒了.

All at once, I noticed that my wife seemed to be filled with alarm.: 我突然觉察到我的妻子好象十分惊恐

He was struck with alarm.: 他饱受惊慌.

考试真题

It should not cause any alarm in any way.

Trigger its built-in alarm system at once.

Wireless devices will transmit signals so as to activate the alarm once something wrong is detected.

If they detect something wrong while the system is armed, they'll transmit a wireless alert signal to a base station that will then raise the alarm.

He'll need to be jamming you at this point, as a broken window or opened door would normally release the alarm.

From there, it's up to you to sound the alarm manually.

A burglar has to continuously jam the wireless security device to avoid triggering the alarm, both inside and outside the house.

He bought an alarm clock with a pig face.

A recent survey by a credit bureau revealed that the number of alarmed citizens had shot up to 76 percent.

Thus, time and time's relativity are measurable by any hourglass, alarm clock, or an atomic clock that can measure a billionth of a second.

Mr.Ishiguro, have you ever found one of your books at a secondhand bookstore? According to a study of race and equity in education, black athletes are dropping out of college across the country at alarming rates.

Many even think their parents are cool! Although more than a third have an object in their rooms they would like to keep secret from their parents, rarely is it anything more alarming than a diary or offcolor ( ' , 低俗的) book or CD.

For the next ten years a succession of books, mainly by Americans, sounded the alarm.

College professors are increasingly raising alarm bells about the effects smartphones, laptops, and tablets have on academic performance.

False fire alarms are illegal and may lead to imprisonment.

Lots of people find it hard to get up in the morning and put the blame on the alarm clock.

Most are also equipped with automatic fire alarm systems consisting of heat detectors, smoke detectors and sprinklers.

Set your alarm clock an hour early and push yourself to work out! You will feel energized all day long.

She never minded the alarm clock sounding at 4 a.m. or questioned my expenses on running.

The damage is usually more serious on the first plant, but the neighbors, relatively speaking, stay safer because they heard the alarm and knew what to do.

The floors of all campus buildings are equipped with manual fire alarm systems which include fire alarm pull stations and pipes.

These chemicals come from the injured parts of the plant and seem to be an alarm.

They inspect all campus buildings and test and maintain all sprinkler(喷水灭火装置) systems fire alarms.

When an individual ant comes under attack or is dying, it sends out an alarm pheromone to warn the colony to prepare for a conflict as a defense unit.

Whenever you move to a new area, you should locate the fire alarm pull stations and the two exits nearest your room.

While he sounded the alarm, a student from leeds climbed down the cliff to collect Judy.

同义词辨析

alarm, fear, fright, horror, panic, terror, dread

这些名词均含"恐惧，惧怕，惊恐"之意。

alarm：强调突然意识到有危险而产生的恐惧心理。

fear：普通用词，侧重指面临危险或灾祸时内心所引起的恐惧心情。

fright：通常指一阵突然的、令人震惊的短暂恐惧，有时含夸张意味。

horror：侧重指因看到令人讨厌或危险的东西或情景而引起的厌恶情绪、极度恐惧心情或战栗的动作。

panic：常指因突如其来的外界威胁使人群出现惊慌、恐惧或混乱。

terror：指极大的恐惧和惊骇，语气最强。

dread：可与fear换用，着重害怕的心理，但dread常指胆怯和丧失勇气。

alarm, frighten, startle, terrify, scare, intimidate

这些动词均有"惊吓，惊恐"之意。

alarm：着重指某人意识到危险而突然产生的惊恐。

frighten：普通用词，使用广泛，指产生突然、短暂的惊慌、恐怖感。

startle：强调突然使人惊骇或震惊。

terrify：语气最强，指惊骇得六神无主，魂飞魄散。

scare：指非正式文体中可与frighten换用，但语气较重，侧重人受惊吓后立即停下正在干的事或跑掉。

intimidate：特指恐吓某人，迫使其做某事。