klaxon

['klæksən]
  • n. 电喇叭;汽车喇叭
  • vi. 鸣电喇叭;鸣汽车喇叭

中文词源


Klaxon 高音喇叭

商标名,来自希腊语klazo,尖叫,尖叫声,词源同clang,clangor.

英英释意


1. a kind of loud horn formerly used on motor vehicles

英文词源


klaxon (n.)
"loud warning horn," 1908, originally on automobiles, said to have been named for the company that sold them (The Klaxon Company; distributor for Lovell-McConnell Mfg. Co., Newark, N.J.), but probably the company was named for the horn, which bore a word likely based on Greek klazein "to roar," cognate with Latin clangere "to resound."