Mayday是什么意思？

Mayday

英['meɪdeɪ] 美['meɪdeɪ]

• n. （船只或飞机发出的）无线电求救呼号，无线电话中求救信号；

例句

• That's the purpose of MayDay – a grassroots effort whose goal is to save our archives. 这就是灾难救援——一种草根力量,其目标就是拯救我们的档案.
• Mayday! Mayday! - All right now, everybody, get in crash positions! 救命! 救命! - 好的,现在, 所有人, 做好坠机姿势!
• He raced to pick up the lifejackets while his stepmother sent out a Mayday call. 他的继母发出无线电求救信号的时候，他飞跑着去拿救生衣。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  (飞机或船只遇险时发出的)无线电呼救信号
  If someone in a plane or ship sends out a Mayday or a Mayday message, they send out a radio message calling for help because they are in serious difficulty.
  例句
  He raced to pick up the lifejackets while his stepmother sent out a Mayday call. 他的继母发出无线电求救信号的时候，他飞跑着去拿救生衣。
• CONVENTION
  （无线电求救信号中的求救内容）“求救！求救！”
  'Mayday! Mayday!' is the phrase that is used in Mayday messages to indicate that help is needed.

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. an internationally recognized distress signal via radiotelephone (from the French m'aider)