alarm call
IPA/əˈlɑːm kɔːl/
IPA/əˈlɑːrm kɔːl/
alarm call — noun
1. A service that wakes someone up by ringing their phone at a pre-arranged time, t
1.名詞B1
釋義
A service that wakes someone up by ringing their phone at a pre-arranged time, typically offered by a hotel reception or a telephone operator.
例句
The hotel receptionist offered to give me an alarm call at six in the morning.
collocation: give [sb] an alarm call
Linnea requested an alarm call for 5 a.m. to avoid missing her flight to Seoul.
collocation: request an alarm call
This hotel still uses human operators to make alarm calls rather than an automated system.
Diego set an alarm call with the front desk before going to bed.
同義詞
- wake-up call
more general use; can refer to any call that wakes you, not just one from a hotel
- morning call
common in East Asian hotel contexts, but less used in other regions