alarm bell
名词 n.
英文释义
名词 n.
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A sudden awareness of danger.
— The specter of women in factories, women in schoolrooms, and women attending — a lot less addressing — public meetings set off alarm bells in the South.
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see alarm, bell.
— He put his foot on a concealed button under his desk and rang an alarm bell. He always had two strongarm men lolling around in an office down the passage.
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