alarm call

IPA/əˈlɑːm kɔːl/
IPA/əˈlɑːrm kɔːl/

alarm call — 名詞

1. A service that wakes someone up by ringing their phone at a pre-arranged time, t

1.名詞B1
釋義

晨喚電話

飯店或總機提供的叫醒服務

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.

飯店櫃檯人員表示可以在早上六點打電話叫我起床。

collocation: give [sb] an alarm call

Linnea requested an alarm call for 5 a.m. to avoid missing her flight to Seoul.

Linnea 要求早上五點的晨喚電話,以免錯過飛往首爾的航班。

collocation: request an alarm call

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