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单词 fire drill
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fire drillnoun [ C ]

uk/ˈfaɪə ˌdrɪl/us/ˈfaɪr ˌdrɪl/

the set of actions that should be performed in order to safely leave a building, such as an office, factory, or school, when it is on fire, or an occasion when this is practised

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Fire service

  • beat
  • extinguish
  • fire alarm
  • fire blanket
  • fire brigade
  • fire department
  • fire engine
  • fire hydrant
  • fire marshal
  • fire plug
  • fire truck
  • firefighter
  • firefighting
  • firehouse
  • fireman
  • fireproof
  • firetrail
  • firetrap
  • flame-retardant
  • quench

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Examples from literature

  • Every now and then a notice would be found posted up on the board to the effect that there would be fire drill during the dinner hour that day. 
  • Fortunately the same efficient fire drill instituted by the forewoman on the floor where Ruth and Alice had been prevailed in other parts of the building, and not a life was lost, though there were many narrow escapes. 
  • It was a matter for self-congratulation among them that Mr. Downing had never been able to induce the headmaster to allow the alarm bell to be sounded for fire drill at night. 
  • Ship-abandon and fire drills were a daily feature of life aboard. 
  • You children can pretend it is like the fire drill you have at school. 

fire drillnoun [ C ]

/ˈfɑɪər ˌdrɪl/

an occasion when people practice what they must do to leave a burning building safely

fire drillnoun [ C ]

ukusUK also fire practice

WORKPLACE a situation in which people practise what they must do in order to leave a building safely if there is a fire:

Inspectors found shortcomings in fire drills and the testing of alarms and extinguishers.
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