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英语单词“canary in a coalmine”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析

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单词 canary in a coalmine 释义

canary in a coalmine

idiom(alsocanary in the coalmine,canary in the mine)something that gives an earlywarningofdangerorfailure, in the way that, in the past, acanarytaken into amine(= anundergroundplacefordiggingcoalorminerals)woulddieif theairwas notsafetobreathe,warningthepeopleworkingthere:TheArctichas been called thecanaryin a coalmine when it comes toglobalwarming.He likensbutterfliesto thecanaryin the coalmine, being the first tosufferwhen theenvironmentis understress.Thecanaryin the mine is theairport. Aslongasitsusageis down,hotelusageand thelocaleconomywill be down.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Threats & warnings
  • (just) you waitidiom
  • alarm bell
  • beware the ides of Marchidiom
  • brushback pitch
  • canary
  • caveat
  • communication cord
  • do you want to make something/anything of it?idiom
  • don't you dareidiom
  • false alarm
  • heads-up
  • slip
  • there's many a slip twixt cup and lipidiom
  • tip
  • tipsomeoneoff
  • trigger warning
  • ultimatum
  • wait
  • warning
  • yellow card
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(Definition ofcanary in a coalminefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus? Cambridge University Press)#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/canary-in-a-coalmine##

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