SOS

名词 n. 短语
中文释义
英 /ˌɛs.əʊˈɛs/    美 /ˌɛs.oʊˈɛs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The conventional Morse code call made by a ship in distress.
    — The crew sent a frantic SOS as they realised the scale of the disaster.
  2. Initialism of Secretary of State. abbreviation,alt-of,initialism
  3. A children's game in which players take turns to place S's and O's on a grid, collecting points by creating an "SOS" sequence. uncountable
  4. Initialism of shit on a shingle. abbreviation,alt-of,initialism,uncountable
  5. Initialism of special order sale. abbreviation,alt-of,initialism
短语
  1. Initialism of slip on show: a warning to a woman that the underwear she has on can be seen. abbreviation,alt-of,colloquial,initialism
  2. Initialism of struck off strength or stricken off strength. Commonwealth,abbreviation,alt-of,historical,initialism

词形变化

SOS's plural SOSes plural

词源

From interpretation of the signal (· · · — — — · · ·), chosen merely as a sequence that is easy to recall and transmit, as normal Morse letters.
It is not, as is commonly believed, an abbreviation for "save our souls", "save our ship", or any other phrase.
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