单词 | sos signal |
释义 | > as lemmasS.O.S. signal S.O.S. signal n. Π 1917 ‘Sapper’ No Man's Land 71 A row of grey-painted rockets with a red top, which in case of emergency send up the coloured flares that give the S.O.S. signals to those behind. 1920 Sat. Rev. 3 July 3 Our hospitals are vainly sending out S.O.S. signals to save them from insolvency. 1927 H. A. Vachell Dew of Sea & Other Stories 257 He received a letter from the gentleman, regarded (and rightly) by the McCullough as an S.O.S. signal. 1929 C. H. Smith Bridge of Life iv. 83 When one gave an SOS signal all the rest came to his assistance. < as lemmas |
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