单词 | to give the alarm |
释义 | > as lemmasto give (also take, raise) the alarm a. A warning of danger, esp. one intended to startle or rouse the previously unwary into action. Frequently in to give (also take, raise) the alarm.In the 16th and 17th centuries often in the titles of books and pamphlets.false alarm: see false adj. 14c. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > be apprehensive [verb (intransitive)] > be alarmed tremble and trotc1425 fear1490 startle1562 to give (also take, raise) the alarm1570 to take alarm1587 to take bog1627 scare1900 to get (have)or put the breeze up1910 to get the wind up1916 spook1928 the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > causing apprehension or alarm > give the alarm [verb (intransitive)] to give (also take, raise) the alarm1570 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > be vigilant or on one's guard [verb (intransitive)] > take warning to take warning1550 to give (also take, raise) the alarm1570 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > warning of imminent danger or evil > [noun] > warning arousing the unwary scrimmish1505 alarm1570 scrimmage1632 arouse1881 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > warning of imminent danger or evil > warn [verb (intransitive)] > to arouse the unwary to give (also take, raise) the alarm1570 the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > causing apprehension or alarm > [noun] > alarm alarm1570 α. β. 1570 G. Fenton tr. J. de Serres Disc. Ciuile Warres Fraunce iii. 175 The noyse whych the Catholykes made in charging them in the water side, gaue the Alarum to those that had alreadye passed the Riuer.1584 T. Lodge (title) An alarum against usurers.1591 W. Garrard & R. Hitchcock Arte of Warre 76 In giving Alarome to the enimie.1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia i. 8 The towne took the Alarum before I ment it.1654 A. Johnston Diary (1919) II. 238 I took this as a warning and waking and alarum from the Lord to me.1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 29 [Words] which gave the first alarum to the Duke to apprehend his own Ruin.1750 London Mag. Apr. 155/2 Such schemes,..must give the alarum to every gentleman, who harbours in his breast the least concern for our antient and happy constitution.1846 Civil Engineer Architect's Jrnl. 9 120 This apparatus may be hung up in any part of a room most likely to give immediate alarum in case of fire.1902 F. Lynde Master of Appleby xlviii. 523 And so swimming and wading by turns we got across in time to give the alarum.1969 Foreign Affairs 47 692 Foster went even further than Tito in raising the alarum over an ever-more-imminent danger of an American attack on the Soviet Union.1572 J. Leslie Copie Let. out of Scotl. f. 19 Seeing the number & puissance of ye contrary faction so great, & by Knoxes pulpit alarmes daily so increase. 1572 J. Leslie Table out of Treat. Treasons sig. **4v A frindlie alarme. Beware yow Shrowsburie, Darby,..Leycestre and the rest. a1608 F. Vere Comm. (1657) 119 Lest..[this] might give the enemy an alarm, to the difficulting of the enterprise. 1645 J. Corbet Hist. Relation Mil. Govt. Gloucester 120 So remisse were the slender guards, that the Treually was beaten and none tooke the alarme. 1648 (title) An allarme to the City of London, by the Scotch army. 1676 tr. G. Guillet de Saint-Georges Acct. Voy. Athens 289 Caverns, into which the poor Shepheards hurry their Flocks upon any alarm. 1680 W. de Britaine Humane Prudence xx. 65 Your Wisdom will be but as an Alarm to them never to come unprovided. 1755 W. Smith Brief State Province of Pennsylvania 15 'Tis true our Neighbours, the Virginians, have taken the Alarm, and called on our Assistance. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 499/2 The alarm was given by the beacons lighted on the tops of the rocks and highest mountains. 1829 Flowers of Anecd. 60 An alarm was raised in the box-lobby of Covent-Garden Theatre, that [the notorious pickpocket Barrington] was in the house. 1867 M. E. Herbert Cradle Lands viii. 215 The alarm was given that the Bedouins were upon them. 1893 National Observer 7 Oct. 535/2 The pirate took the alarm in time. 1960 Daily Mirror 21 June 3 As they raised the alarm three men escaped by car. 1982 V. Alcock Sylvia Game x. 71 Mallerton might have been burned to the ground, had not Oliver smelled smoke and given the alarm. 2006 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 12 July 22/1 Shellshocked parents raised the alarm after noticing the small device about 1pm. < as lemmas |
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