单词 | distress call |
释义 | distress call (once / 75283 pages) n WORD FAMILY distress call: distress calls USAGE EXAMPLESThey include fake IRS calls, bogus sweepstakes, phony grandchild in distress calls and romance scams. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Approaching Medellin, the pilot asked for permission to land because of fuel problems, without making a formal distress call. BBC(Dec 01, 2016) Then came a distress call from the cockpit of the plane carrying the team to Colombia. Washington Post(Nov 29, 2016) n an internationally recognized signal sent out by a ship or plane indicating that help is needed Syn|Hypo|Hyper distress signal SOS an internationally recognized distress signal in radio code Maydayan internationally recognized distress signal via radiotelephone (from the French m'aider) sign, signal, signaling any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message |
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