alarm
n
1 [C]
(a) warning sound or signal 警報(bào)的聲音或信號(hào)
give/raise/sound the alarm 發(fā)出警報(bào).
(b) apparatus that gives such a warning 警報(bào)器; 警報(bào)裝置
Where's the fire alarm? 火警的警鈴在哪 ?
2 [C] = alarm clock.
3 [U] fear and excitement caused by the expectation of danger 驚慌; 恐慌
This news fills me with alarm. 這消息使我大為驚慌.
He jumped up in alarm. 他驚慌地跳了起來(lái).
There's no cause for alarm. 不必驚慌.
4 (idm 習(xí)語(yǔ)) a false alarm => false. alarm, v [Tn]
give a warning or feeling of danger to (a person or an animal); frighten; disturb 警告或驚嚇(人或動(dòng)物); 使驚覺; 驚動(dòng)
I don't want to alarm you, but there's a strange man in your garden. 我并不想嚇著你, 不過你的花園 可有個(gè)生人.
Alarmed by the noise, the birds flew away. 那聲音把鳥嚇飛了. alarmed adj [pred 作表語(yǔ)]
~ (at/by sth) anxious or afraid 擔(dān)心; 害怕
I'm rather alarmed (to hear) that you're planning to leave the company. (聽說(shuō))你打算脫離這個(gè)公司, 我有些擔(dān)心. alarming adj causing fear; disturbing 使人害怕的; 嚇人的; 擾亂人心的
an alarming increase in the number of burglaries 竊案驚人的增多
The report is most alarming. 這個(gè)報(bào)告最為擾亂人心. alarmingly adv
Prices have increased alarmingly. 價(jià)格驚人地增長(zhǎng).