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单词 SOS
释义
SOSSOS /ˌes əʊ ˈes $ -oʊ-/ noun [singular] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINSOS
Origin:
1900-2000 S and O, letters chosen because they were easy to send by Morse code, but often understood as short for "save our souls"
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Their frantic SOS message was picked up by a Coast Guard vessel.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • An SOS talisman is obtainable at many chemists.
  • He then requested flares for landing and then put out an SOS that they were on fire.
  • I mean, are we the only ones who heard the SOS?
  • Roebuck was visiting his family at Bathurst, about five hours drive west of Sydney, when he received the SOS call.
  • The civilian operator who took the SOS call may have heard the voice of her killer.
  • This is a textbook position in which to use the SOS redouble.
word sets
WORD SETS
aerial, nounairtime, nounAM, nounantenna, nounatmospherics, nounaudio, adjectiveband, nounBBC, the, beacon, nounbeam, verbBeeb, the, bleep, verbboom, nounboom box, nounBritish Broadcasting Corporation, nounbroadband, nounbroadcast, nounbroadcast, verbcable television, CB, nounCCTV, nounCeefax, nounchannel, nounclosed circuit television, nouncommunications satellite, nouncontrast, noundial, nounDJ, nounexposure, nounflash, verbFM, nounfrequency, nounham, nounHz, interference, nounjam, verbkHz, kilohertz, nounlinkup, nounlive, adjectivelocal radio, nounlong wave, nounloudspeaker, nounLW, mast, nounmedium wave, nounmegahertz, nounMHz, modulate, verbmonitor, nounmono, nounmono, adjectiveNBC, nounnetwork, nounnetwork, verbon-air, adjectiveover, prepositionpresenter, nounprogramming, nounquadraphonic, adjectiveradio, nounradio, verbreceive, verbreceiver, nounreception, nounrepeat, verbrepeat, nounrerun, nounrerun, verbroger, interjectionsatellite, nounsatellite dish, nounsatellite television, nounsaturation, nounscrambler, nounseries, nounset, nounshipping forecast, nounship-to-shore, adjectiveshort wave, nounsignal, nounsignature tune, nounsimulcast, verbSOS, nounsound, nounsound bite, nounsound check, nounstatic, nountelecast, nounTeletext, nountelevise, verbtelevision, nountelevision licence, nountelly, nountime signal, nountrack, verbtransistor, nountransistor radio, nountransmission, nountransmit, verbtransmitter, nountune, verbtuner, nountweeter, nountwo-way, adjectiveUHF, noununscramble, verbveejay, nounvideo, nounvideo, adjectivevideo jockey, nounvolume, nounwaveband, nounwavelength, nounwhite noise, nounwireless, noun
1a signal or message that a ship or plane sends when it is in danger and needs helpmayday2an urgent message that someone is in trouble and needs help:  This is an SOS for a Mr Tucker, whose mother is seriously ill.
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