| 单词 | alarm gun |
| 释义 | > as lemmasalarm gun alarm gun n. a gun fired to signal an alarm or give notice of danger; cf. alarm cannon n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > gun fired as signal > [noun] > specific welcome1615 alarm gun1706 minute-gun1728 larum gun1757 society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > signal or ceremonial gun chamber1540 chamber piece1547 warning-piece1591 alarm gun1706 morning gun1724 larum gun1757 alarm cannon1777 sunset gun1797 warning-gun1830 joy-gun1851 sunrise gun1872 1706 Boston News-let. 7 Oct. 1/2 He caused an Alarm to be made,..and at night caused the Alarm Guns at Town to be fired. a1762 S. Niles Indian Wars in Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1861) 4th Ser. V. 433 Alarm-guns were fired at George's Fort. 1826 G. R. Gleig Narr. Campaigns Brit. Army (ed. 2) xii. 165 Wherever a light-house or signal station was erected, alarm guns were fired. 1895 Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 10 May 3/1 As soon as the alarm gun was fired, the lifesaving crew started for the scene. 1936 Times 31 Mar. 15/5 It is believed that only four persons were killed, as the alarm gun was fired long before the bombardment, and the people immediately took refuge in the plantations outside the town. 2010 Daily Express (Nexis) 23 Jan. 18 He bought more than 270 gas-firing flare pistols, known as alarm guns, for just 50 euros each on open sale in Germany. < as lemmas |
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