| 单词 | alarm clock |
| 释义 | > as lemmasalarm clock alarm clock n. a clock with a mechanism that can be adjusted to sound an alarm at a particular time set in advance, typically used to wake someone up. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > alarm clock watchc1440 watch-clock1605 reveille-matin1610 alarm1614 alarm clock1662 larum clock1697 weaver's larum1745 expergefactor1823 watch-alarm1875 1662 Duchess of Newcastle Unnat. Trag. ii. xiii, in Playes Written 335 My tongue to day is apt to run like an Alarm clock, without any intermission. 1677 E. Ravenscroft Wrangling Lovers i. i. 2 You have a Servant more advantageous for the design of waking you, than a Cock, or an Alarum-Clock. 1751 Boston Weekly News-let. 10 Oct. Eight day and small alarm clocks. 1835 J. Todd Student's Man. 69 The students in Yale..have generally the alarm-clock. 1961 C. McCullers Clock without Hands iv. 90 He..would not let himself day~dream in the morning after the alarm clock went off. 2009 New Scientist 10 Oct. 32/2 Known as sleep inertia, a less extreme version of such disorientation is now generally recognised as the cause of the grogginess some people get after their alarm clock goes off. < as lemmas |
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