alarms是什么意思？

alarms

• n. 警钟( alarm的名词复数 )；
• v. 警告( alarm的第三人称单数 )，使惊慌，使惊恐，给（门等）安装警报器；

例句

• Alarms went off and the sprinkler system turned on. 顿警铃大响,漏水系统也启动了.
• Hundreds of lives could be saved if the installation of alarms was more widespread. 如果报警器得到更广泛的安装，成百上千的生命就可能被挽救。
• We have fully functional smoke alarms on all staircases. 我们在各层楼梯都安装有完全可用的烟雾警报器。
• ...fire alarms and smoke detectors. 火警报警器和烟雾检测器

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-UNCOUNT
  惊恐；忧虑；担心
  Alarm is a feeling of fear or anxiety that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.
  例句
  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。
• VERB
  使惊恐；使忧虑；使担心
  If something alarms you, it makes you afraid or anxious that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.
  例句
  We could not see what had alarmed him. 我们搞不明白是什么使他忧虑不安。
• N-COUNT
  警报器
  An alarm is an automatic device that warns you of danger, for example by ringing a bell.
  例句
  He heard the alarm go off. 他听见警报响了。 ...an extremely sophisticated alarm system... 极其先进的警报系统
• N-COUNT
  同alarm clock
  An alarm is the same as an alarm clock .
• PHRASE
  危险信号;警报
  If you say that something sets alarm bells ringing, you mean that it makes people feel worried or concerned about something.
  例句
  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。
• PHRASE
  发出警报；敲警钟
  If you raise the alarm or sound the alarm, you warn people of danger.
  例句
  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。