| 单词 | panic stations |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspanic stations panic stations n. colloquial (originally British Navy) (with plural agreement) a state of high alert or activity in response to an emergency; a state of general alarm or panic. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > [noun] > panic frightnessc1425 amaze1587 amazedness1587 terrification1601 panic1640 sauve-qui-peut1815 panic stations1918 tailspin1921 1918 Times 13 Nov. 6/1 Immediately after the explosion ‘Panic stations’ was ordered, followed in due course by ‘Abandon ship’. 1953 Times 29 July 9/2 The left-handed Harvey took control to such effect that England's fieldsmen assumed panic stations around the boundary. 1963 ‘J. Prescot’ Case for Hearing iii. 53 Someone has been into Greenwood's again..and got away with another three hundred... The police seem to be at panic stations about it. 1994 J. Kelman How Late it Was 10 It felt okay, an initial wee flurry of excitement but no what ye would call panic-stations. < as lemmas |
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