alarm Значение & определение

Значение на alarm на български

• 0 a warning of danger, usually a loud noise or flashing light:

  • If there's any trouble, raise/sound the alarm by pulling the emergency cord.

  • The first two bomb alerts were false alarms, but the third was for real.

  • a burglar/car/fire/smoke alarm

• 1 sudden worry and fear, especially that something dangerous or unpleasant might happen:

  • I didn't tell her that he was late because I didn't want to cause her any alarm.

  • Villagers have reacted with alarm to news of a proposed new road.

• 2 to make someone worried or frightened:

  • I didn't want to alarm him by telling him that she was ill.

• 3 sudden anxiety and fear, esp. that something very bad or dangerous might happen:

  • Nicholas detected a note of alarm in her voice.

• 4 a warning signal such as a loud noise or flashing light that gets your immediate attention, or a device that produces such a signal:

  • Firefighters said the tragedy could have been avoided if the house had had smoke alarms.

• 5 to feel or cause sudden anxiety and fear:

  • Guests were sometimes alarmed to learn that we never locked the doors of the house.