| 单词 | fire-drum |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfire-drum fire-drum n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > warning of imminent danger or evil > [noun] > warning arousing the unwary > device for sounding alarm > device warning of fire fire bell1596 fire-drum1739 fire alarm1763 fire-roll1830 thermostat1881 thermo-call1895 1739 Scots Mag. Jan. 41/1 In this general panick, we were alarm'd by the fire-drum, the catastrophe being much more melancholy in the neighbourhood. 1814 W. Scott Waverley II. xi. 185 A kind of rub-a-dub-dub, like that with which the fire-drum startles the slumbering artizans. View more context for this quotation 1997 D. Dunnett Caprice & Rondo xviii. 199 They rounded them up, while the fire-drum hammered its warning. < as lemmas |
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