- 1令人擔憂的、嚇人的
When something is alarming, it makes you feel worried, or even a little . The word describes the thing that causes the feeling, not the person who feels it: alarming news, an alarming noise, an alarming drop in scores. People use it a lot for change that looks too fast or too big — prices, illness numbers, silence where there should be sound. It is stronger than “worrying”. “Worrying” says you have a bad feeling; “alarming” says a warning bell is ringing. News reports and school essays love it, but you will also hear it in ordinary talk. Though actually, people stretch it for a joke too: “Your cooking is alarming” can mean it is so bad it scares us, said with a smile.
From the word’s history
From alarm: Middle English alarme, from Middle French alarme, from Italian all'arme! 'to arms!'.
來自 alarm，源自義大利文 all'arme!「拿起武器！」。
組成alarm（警報、使驚慌）+ -ing（形容正在造成那種感覺的）。alarm 本身大概來自義大利文 all'arme，意思是「拿起武器！」——有危險時的喊聲。
同家族的字
- alarmthe noun and verb this adjective is built from
- alarmedhow you feel; alarming is what makes you feel that way
- alarminglythe adverb: in an alarming way
- alarmista person who raises alarm, often too much
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
alarmingadj/əˈlɑːm.ɪŋ/
- 1
Causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening.
- Another stop at the 731-yard Sharpthorne Tunnel allowed the apprentices to see how a combination of water and a "chemical soup" is destroying the rails at an alarming rate.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。