| 单词 | distress signal |
| 释义 | distress signalSEE SYNONYMS FOR distress signal ON THESAURUS.COM nouna signal used, or designed to be used, by persons in peril, for the purpose of summoning aid, indicating their position, etc., as a radio code sign, aerial flare, flag hoist, or the like.Compare distress call (def. 1). an indication, especially a nonverbal one, that assistance, cooperation, or the like, is needed: He correctly interpreted the host's upturned eyes as a distress signal and hastily changed the subject. Origin of distress signalFirst recorded in 1870–75 Words nearby distress signaldistress frequency, distressful, distress gun, distress merchandise, distress sale, distress signal, distributary, distribute, distributed, distributed array processor, distributed data processing Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for distress signal
British Dictionary definitions for distress signaldistress signal nouna signal by radio, Very light, etc from a ship or other vessel in need of immediate assistance Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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