alarum

n. 惊慌, 警报

发音

US /əˈlɑ.ɹəm/

词形变化

alarums 复数 alarums alarumed alaruming alarums 三单 alaruming 现在分词 alarumed 过去式 alarumed 过去分词

别名

larum allarum

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A danger signal or warning.

  2. 2.

    A call to arms.

  3. 3.

    An alarm clock.

    古体

    1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Ten minutes passed by the measure of the battered old alarum on the dresser shelf before the young man returned.

v.
  1. 1.

    To sound alarums, to sound an alarm.

    古体

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

alarm alert

上位词 4

sign signal signaling signalling

下位词 10

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相关短语

alarm clock 闹钟 alarum clock alarum clocks

词源

From Middle English alarom, from Old Italian all'arme (“to arms, to the weapons”), from Latin arma, armorum (“weapons”).

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