单词 | false alarm |
释义 | false alarm (once / 6758 pages) n WORD FAMILY false alarm: false alarms USAGE EXAMPLESAirport officials said on Twitter that the false alarm was triggered by a bag in a screening device. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) “Is it time to reduce the triad to a diad, removing the land‐based missiles? This would reduce the false alarm danger,” Mattis said. The Guardian(Dec 04, 2016) After three minutes, the alert was ended — a false alarm, caused by the failure of a computer chip, but for those minutes, all too real. Washington Post(Dec 02, 2016) n a warning that is given about something that fails to occur Hyper warning a message informing of danger |
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