alarm

1. N-UNCOUNT Alarm is a feeling of fear or anxiety that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen. 驚恐

The news was greeted with alarm by senators. 參議員們聽到這個消息后很驚恐。

2. V-T If something alarms you, it makes you afraid or anxious that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen. 使驚恐

We could not see what had alarmed him. 我們不明白是什么嚇著他了。

3. N-COUNT An alarm is an automatic device that warns you of danger, for example, by ringing a bell. 警報器

He heard the alarm go off. 他聽見警報器響了。

4. N-COUNT An alarm is the same as an . 鬧鐘

Dad set the alarm for eight the next day. 爸爸把鬧鐘設(shè)到了第2天8點。

5. →see also alarmed , alarming ,car alarm , false alarm , fire alarm

6. PHRASE If you say that something sets alarm bells ringing, you mean that it makes people feel worried or concerned about something. 危險信號

This has set the alarm bells ringing in Moscow. 這已給莫斯科拉響了警報。

7. PHRASE If you raise the alarm or sound the alarm, you warn people of danger. 發(fā)出警報

His family raised the alarm when he had not come home by 9 p.m. 當(dāng)他到晚上9點還沒回家時，他的家人報了警。