klaxon英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A loud electric alarm or horn, especially as used in automobiles in the early 20th century.

— And she went so swiftly that he could only follow her to the door. The large shape of the car swallowed her up; and the car twisted softly around the little drive and away to the London road. Minutes later he heard its Klaxon, just one sharp keen, like the harsh cry of a sea-bird. …

动词 v.

To produce a loud, siren-like wail. intransitive

— He headed down the Embankment. It was noon precisely. Big Ben klaxoned the hour with blasts of servo whistle.

词形变化

klaxons plural claxon alternative klaxons present,singular,third-person klaxoning participle,present klaxoned participle,past klaxoned past

词源

词源 1

From the trademark Klaxon, based on Ancient Greek κλάζω (klázō, “make a sharp sound; scream”). The word was coined by Franklyn Hallett Lovell Jr., the founder of the Lovell-McConnell Manufacturing Co. of Newark, New Jersey, USA, which in 1908 obtained a licence of the patent to the machine generating the sound from American inventor Miller Reese Hutchison (1876–1944).

词源 2

From the trademark Klaxon, based on Ancient Greek κλάζω (klázō, “make a sharp sound; scream”). The word was coined by Franklyn Hallett Lovell Jr., the founder of the Lovell-McConnell Manufacturing Co. of Newark, New Jersey, USA, which in 1908 obtained a licence of the patent to the machine generating the sound from American inventor Miller Reese Hutchison (1876–1944).