单词 | hurry call |
释义 | > as lemmashurry call hurry call n. originally U.S. a call for immediate help in an emergency; a request for immediate action. ΚΠ 1901 Munsey's Mag. Mar. 798/1 If it was a hurry call, she would send them to Gilchrist. 1908 G. H. Lorimer Jack Spurlock i. 11 In answer to a hurry-call from his wife to get rich. 1915 P. G. Wodehouse Something Fresh iii. 73 His friends..send in a hurry-call to police headquarters. 1938 F. D. Sharpe Sharpe of Flying Squad v. 63 A wireless ‘hurry call’ was flashed out from the Yard and a Flying Squad car raced to the house. 1964 P. G. Wodehouse Frozen Assets ix. 160 Percy would be sending out hurry calls for the police. < as lemmas |
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