释义 |
false alarmˌfalse aˈlarm noun [countable] ![](img/spkr_b.png) - But the patient was okay, it was a false alarm, please thank them and send them on their way.
- Those genes would produce a harmless protein that, once inside the body, would sound the false alarm of infection.
- Your apprehension is based on the fear that the change might be a false alarm.
a situation in which people wrongly think that something bad is going to happen: Fire fighters responded to a false alarm at one of the college dormitories. The patient was okay – it was a false alarm. |