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单词 fire drill
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fire drill
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfaɪə ˌdrɪl/us
/ˈfaɪr ˌdrɪl/
the set ofactionsthat should beperformedinordertosafelyleaveabuilding, such as anoffice,factory, orschool, when it is onfire, or anoccasionwhen this ispractised
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(Definition offire drillfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • Every now and then a notice would be found posted up on the board to the effect that there would be fire drill during the dinner hour that day.
  • Fortunately the same efficient fire drill instituted by the forewoman on the floor where Ruth and Alice had been prevailed in other parts of the building, and not a life was lost, though there were many narrow escapes.
  • It was a matter for self-congratulation among them that Mr. Downing had never been able to induce the headmaster to allow the alarm bell to be sounded for fire drill at night.
  • Ship-abandon and fire drills were a daily feature of life aboard.
  • You children can pretend it is like the fire drill you have at school.

fire drill| American Dictionary

fire drill
noun[C]
us/ˈfɑɪər ˌdrɪl/
anoccasionwhenpeoplepracticewhat they must do toleaveaburningbuildingsafely
(Definition offire drillfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

fire drill| Business English

fire drill
noun[C]
uk
us
(UKalsofire practice)
WORKPLACE
asituationin whichpeoplepractisewhat they must do inordertoleaveabuildingsafelyif there is afire:
Inspectorsfoundshortcomingsinfiredrillsand thetestingofalarmsandextinguishers.
(Definition offire drillfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffire drill

fire drill
Basil later joins her after he gets a concussion during thefiredrill.
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Blakey stages afiredrillwith the new equipment, but it goes spectacularly wrong when the foam machine goes out of control.
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Hospital authorities are advised to hold practice fire drills at least twice a year and this advice will be repeated in a forthcoming memorandum on fire precautions in hospitals.
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Using afiredrill, the priests then star ted a new fire on the chest of a sacrificial victim.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The trade unions are also pleased about the fire fighting andfiredrillregulations.
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Provision is made forfiredrilland escape procedures to be practised at regular intervals.
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In particular, it reveals that there was no system of training staff infiredrilland evacuation.
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It could have occurred before because there was no system to train staff infiredrillor evacuation procedures.
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Thefiredrillhas meant that this important debate is in a sense an inadvertent victim of the importance of enhancing our parliamentary security.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
I attached the greatest importance to regularfiredrillin schools and colleges.
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Firedrillis important in an office where the same people are working day in and day out.
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This type of vessel is required to carry out afiredrillonce a week.
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There was in the factory a number of women, transport workers, who had been given a certain amount of training infiredrill.
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But all custodian staff, including four trained firemen, undertakefiredrilleach week.
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I wondered which was the greatest risk—fire or a call tofiredrill.
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