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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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siren/burglar alarm

0As soon as he entered the house, 01b00the burglar alarm//the siren02b00 went off.02br
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00Is "burglar alarm" equal to "siren" in the above? Thanks.0-
  

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0No. The siren could've been installed for other purposes. Even though a siren is strange thing to have in a house.

— Marius Hancu

  • 0No.
  • The siren could've been installed for other purposes.
  • Even though a siren is strange thing to have in a house.
  • It usually works by blowing air into something.
  • 02br 00------02br 00siren 02br 01b 00302b 00 01b 00-s02b 00 [French 01i 00sirène, 02i 00literally, siren (sense 1), from Middle French 01i 00sereine; 02i 00from its property of producing sounds in water] 01b 00a02b 00 01b 00:02b 00 an apparatus producing musical tones especially in acoustical studies by the rapid interruption of a current of air, steam, or fluid by a perforated rotating disk 01b 00b02b 00 01b 00:02b 00 a similar device often electrically operated for producing a penetrating warning sound <fire 01i 00siren02i 00> <ambulance 01i 00siren02i 00> <the three-minute warbling sound of the air-raid 01i 00siren02i 00s00 -- 01i 00New York Times02i 00>02br 05000 02br 00------ 0240
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0No. The siren could've been installed for other purposes. Even though a siren is strange thing to have in a house. It usually works by blowing air into something. 02br
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00siren 02br
01b00302b00 01b00-s02b00 [French 01i00sirène, 02i00literally, siren (sense 1), from Middle French
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