| 单词 | warning bell |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswarning bell warning bell n. (a) a bell for giving alarm of fire or invasion; (b) a bell announcing the imminent departure of a vessel; (c) a bell alerting people to prepare for a meal, etc.; (d) figurative an alarm-bell sounded ‘in the head’, giving a presentiment of danger. 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 > bell larum bellc1453 warning bell1511 alarm bell1548 call bell1673 tocsin1842 society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > ringing of bells as signal > [noun] > as alarm signal > warning or alarm bell larum bellc1453 warning bell1511 alarm bell1548 storm-bell1837 fray-bell1864 the world > food and drink > food > meal > meal-time > [noun] > summons to meal dinner bella1635 kale-bell1776 dinner call1799 tea-bell1836 breakfast-bell1842 warning bell1849 soupy1899 warning gong1938 society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > departure of ship > bell announcing warning bell1864 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > warning of imminent danger or evil > [noun] > a warning sign, event, etc. watchwordc1475 sea-mark1589 buoya1603 warning sign1628 red light1790 tocsin bell1823 tocsin1842 danger-signal1848 yellow light1940 warning bell1951 amber light1956 1511 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 61 Item for the warnyng bell and iiij polysse, iis. viiid. 1594 T. Lodge & R. Greene Looking Glasse sig. D4 Foresee in time the warning bell doth towle. 1606 J. Day Ile of Guls sig. B1 I heare the warning bell, some strangers are ariued. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. ii. 39 Harke, harke, the Dolphins drumme, a warning bell, Sings heauy Musicke to thy timorous soule. View more context for this quotation 1849 C. Dickens David Copperfield (1850) xxi. 212 The warning-bell will ring at nine; the family take breakfast at halfpast nine. 1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia II. vi. 140 Having disposed his sentinels, [he] took his station on the top of his tower, close by the warning bell. 1864 G. A. Lawrence Maurice Dering II. 233 The ‘Tigris’ was on the point of getting under way, and the first warning-bell had rung. 1951 E. Coxhead One Green Bottle vii. 202 Somewhere, right at the back of her head, there rang a little warning bell. 1951 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xvi. 68 Warning bell, a signal made to warn that it is time to saddle the horses entered in the next race. 1981 S. Brett Situation Trag. ii. 26 ‘I'll join you.’ Something rang warning bells for Charles. ‘Well, no.’ 1984 Times 5 June 23 (heading) Another warning bell for the secretaries. < as lemmas |
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