alarm /ә'lɑ:m/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) fear resulting from the awareness of danger
• (n.) a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event
• (n.) an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger

Chinese translation

• n. 惊恐, 警报, 警钟
• vt. 使惊恐, 警告
• [计] 报警信号

Word details

Part of speech

noun / verb

Pronunciation

/ә'lɑ:m/

Syllables

2

Exam levels

Gaokao · CET-4 · Postgraduate exam · TOEFL · IELTS

Frequency

Zipf 4.28 · Rare

Word forms

alarmed, alarming, alarms

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