| 释义 |
loud-hail, v.
[Back-formation from next.]
trans. and intr. To speak or call through a loud-hailer; to address (someone) through a loud-hailer; also fig. Also loud-hailing ppl. a. and vbl. n.
1943Combined Operations, 1940–42 (Ministry of Information) xvii. 130 We ‘closed’ the ‘Calpe’, struggling with our loud-hailing equipment which remained resolutely silent. 1964R. Petrie Murder by Precedent i. 19 I'd just left again and gone to Despatch when they loud-hailed me. 1965Listener 3 June 837/1 Ku Klux Klan men, assorted torchbearers,..and a loud-hailing director. 1969C. Carfax Silence with Voices xviii. 129 She went back into the cabin after Dr Ford loud-hailed her. 1969J. Elliot Duel i. ii. 43 ‘The extraordinary thing is―’ Harry loud-hailed so that people at the next table were forced to listen. |