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警鐘,警報
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Tocsin \Toc"sin\, n. [F., fr. OF. toquier to touch, F. toquer
(originally, a dialectic form of F. toucher) + seint (for
sein) a bell, LL. signum, fr. L. signum a sign, signal. See
{Touch}, and {Sign}.]
An alarm bell, or the ringing of a bell for the purpose of
alarm.
The loud tocsin tolled their last alarm. --Campbell.
資料來源 : WordNet®
tocsin
n 1: the sound of an alarm (usually a bell) [syn: {alarm bell}]
2: a bell used to sound an alarm [syn: {warning bell}]