单词 | tocsin |
释义 | tocsin (once / 8609 pages) n WORD FAMILY tocsin: tocsins USAGE EXAMPLESThese statistics should prompt all rationalists to sound the proverbial tocsin with unrelenting fury. Salon(Oct 25, 2015) Throughout the 1980s and ’90s, the public health and scientific communities sounded their tocsins against a background of regulatory and political crickets. Salon(Jan 12, 2014) These words sound down through the years, a tocsin awakening us to that most grievous of failures - the loss of nerve. BBC(Nov 15, 2013) 1n the sound of an alarm (usually a bell) Syn|Hyper alarm bell alarm, alarum, alert, warning signal an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger 2n a bell used to sound an alarm Syn|Hyper warning bell bell a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck |
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