释义 |
plural noun(especially in Elizabethan drama) military action, as representative fragments of a battle, sound effects of trumpets, or clash of arms: used as a stage direction. any noisy, frantic, or disorganized activity. Origin of alarums and excursionsFirst recorded in 1585–95 Words nearby alarums and excursionsalarming, alarmist, alarm reaction, alar spine, alarum, alarums and excursions, alary, alas, al-Ashʿari, Alaska, Alaska Current Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 |