单词 | pan-pan |
释义 | pan-pan/ˈpanpan /noun An international radio distress signal, of less urgency than a mayday signal.Twelve hours before the military seized the ship, its captain issued a ‘pan-pan’ distress signal - second in priority to a Mayday call - over his concerns for the state of the refugees, some of whom were sick....
Origin1920s: pan from French panne 'breakdown'. |
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