| 释义 |
Noun: alarm u'laarm- Fear resulting from the awareness of danger
- dismay, consternation - A device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event
- warning device, alarm system - An automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
- alert, warning signal, alarum - A clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time
- alarm clock
Verb: alarm u'laarm- Fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
- dismay, appal [Brit, Cdn], appall [US], horrify - Warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness
"The empty house alarmed him"
- alert
Derived forms: alarms, alarming, alarmed See also: alarming, alarmist, unalarming Type of: affright, clock, device, fear, fearfulness, fright, frighten, scare, sign, signal, signaling [US], signalling, warn Encyclopedia: Alarm |