distress call 遇险信号
- The policeman received a distress call, and saw two youths attacking his colleague.
那警员接到一个求救电话,发现两个青年正袭击自己的一名同事。 - Airline officials said they had no indication of why the plane went down— there was no distress call from the cockpit.
航空官员表示飞机失事原因不明,机舱没有求救电话。 - Two people close to the case confirmed it's the body of James who placed a distress call to relatives more than a week ago.
两位对此案件非常熟悉的人士证实这就是詹姆士的尸体.詹姆士曾在一周前给他的亲戚打电话求救。
distress call[ noun ]
an internationally recognized signal sent out by a ship or plane indicating that help is needed
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