a bell or other device that gives people warning of a fire in a building 火警钟;火警报警器 Who set off the fire alarm? 谁拉响了火警报警器? It was thought that the fire alarm had been set off as a prank. 人们认为火警报警器被拉响是个恶作剧。 The fire alarm went off when I was making a coffee. 我正在煮咖啡的时候火警报警器响了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + fire alarm- set off
- install
- go
- go off
- sound
- …
- system
an occasion when a fire alarm goes off 火灾警报器: 火灾警报器熄灭的场合We had a fire alarm at work this morning. 今天早上我们工作时有火警。