英语单词短语词组“canary in a coalmine”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析-英汉词典

canary in a coalmine

idiom(alsocanary in the coalmine,canary in the mine)

something that gives an earlywarningofdangerorfailure, in the way that, in the past, acanarytaken into amine(= anundergroundplacefordiggingcoalorminerals)woulddieif theairwas notsafetobreathe,warningthepeopleworkingthere:

TheArctichas been called thecanaryin a coalmine when it comes toglobalwarming.

He likensbutterfliesto thecanaryin the coalmine, being the first tosufferwhen theenvironmentis understress.

Thecanaryin the mine is theairport. Aslongasitsusageis down,hotelusageand thelocaleconomywill be down.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Threats & warnings

(just) you waitidiom
alarm bell
beware the ides of Marchidiom
brushback pitch
canary
caveat
communication cord
do you want to make something/anything of it?idiom
don't you dareidiom
false alarm
heads-up
slip
there's many a slip twixt cup and lipidiom
tip
tipsomeoneoff
trigger warning
ultimatum
wait
warning
yellow card

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(Definition ofcanary in a coalminefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

单词	canary in a coalmine
释义	canary in a coalmine idiom(alsocanary in the coalmine,canary in the mine) something that gives an earlywarningofdangerorfailure, in the way that, in the past, acanarytaken into amine(= anundergroundplacefordiggingcoalorminerals)woulddieif theairwas notsafetobreathe,warningthepeopleworkingthere: TheArctichas been called thecanaryin a coalmine when it comes toglobalwarming. He likensbutterfliesto thecanaryin the coalmine, being the first tosufferwhen theenvironmentis understress. Thecanaryin the mine is theairport. Aslongasitsusageis down,hotelusageand thelocaleconomywill be down. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Threats & warnings (just) you waitidiom alarm bell beware the ides of Marchidiom brushback pitch canary caveat communication cord do you want to make something/anything of it?idiom don't you dareidiom false alarm heads-up slip there's many a slip twixt cup and lipidiom tip tipsomeoneoff trigger warning ultimatum wait warning yellow card See more results » (Definition ofcanary in a coalminefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press) #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/canary-in-a-coalmine##
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