klaxon

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

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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."

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