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单词 sos
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
SOS /ˈɛsˌoʊˈɛs/USA pronunciation  n. [countable], pl. SOSs, SOS's. 
  1. an internationally recognized distress signal, consisting of the letters SOS in Morse code.
  2. any call for help.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
SOS, 
    1. the letters represented by the radio telegraphic signal (••• – – – •••) used, esp. by ships in distress, as an internationally recognized call for help.

    n. 
    1. any call for help:We sent out an SOS for more typists.

    v.i. 
    1. to send an SOS.
    • 1905–10

SOS, 
  1. Slang TermsSee shit on a shingle. 

s.o.s., 
  1. Drugs(in prescriptions) if necessary.
  • Latin sī opus sit

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
SOS n
  1. an internationally recognized distress signal in which the letters SOS are repeatedly spelt out, as by radio-telegraphy: used esp by ships and aircraft
  2. a message broadcast in an emergency for people otherwise unobtainable
  3. informal a call for help
Etymology: 20th Century: letters chosen as the simplest to transmit and receive in Morse code; by folk etymology taken to be an abbreviation for save our souls
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