mayday

[US]/'meidei/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. (船隻或飛機發出的)求救呼號 救難信號
Word Forms
複數maydays

Example Sentences

The pilot radioed a mayday signal before the plane crashed.

飛行員在飛機墜毀前發出了緊急求救信號。

The ship sent out a mayday distress call when it started sinking.

這艘船在開始下沉時發出了緊急求救呼叫。

The hiker used a mayday whistle to signal for help.

這名徒步者使用緊急求救口哨發出求救信號。

The mayday call was heard by the coast guard who immediately dispatched a rescue team.

海岸警衛隊聽到了緊急求救呼叫,立即派遣了救援隊。

A mayday situation requires quick and efficient response.

緊急求救情況需要迅速而高效的應對。

The pilot declared a mayday emergency due to engine failure.

飛行員因發動機故障宣佈了緊急求救。

The mayday signal was picked up by a passing ship.

緊急求救信號被一艘經過的船隻接收到。

The stranded sailors sent out a mayday call from their life raft.

被困的水手們從救生筏上發出了緊急求救呼叫。

A mayday situation demands immediate attention and action.

緊急求救情況需要立即的關注和行動。

The lost hiker used a mirror to reflect sunlight and create a mayday signal.

迷路的徒步者使用鏡子反射陽光製造了緊急求救信號。

Real-world Examples

Frederick Stanley Mockford created the mayday call signal in the nineteen twenties.

20世紀20年代,Frederick Stanley Mockford創造了這個求救信號。

Source: VOA Special May 2014 Collection

A mayday call would also be made over the radio.

還將通過無線電發出求救電話。

Source: Pure flight

We received a mayday call from Hannah Wells last night.

我們昨晚收到了漢娜·威爾士的求救信號。

Source: Designated Survivor Season 1

But how did this Mayday Mayday mayday Come to mean this?

但這個五月天五月天是怎麼來的呢?

Source: The World From A to Z

Mayday, mayday. Come in, Star Command. Send reinforcements. Star Command, do you copy?

求救,求救。星際總部請回答。請派後援部隊。星際總部,收到嗎?

Source: Toy Story

Much of the air traffic at that time was between Croydon Airport and Le Bourget Airport near Paris, France. So he proposed the word mayday.

當時很多空中運輸是在克里登機場和巴黎附近的勒布爾熱之間進行。所以他提出用mayday這個詞。

Source: VOA Special May 2014 Collection

The international distress call is actually French for help me mayday, but the word wasn't always the official call for help.

國際求救信號實際上是法語,意思是“求救”,但這個詞並不總是官方求救信號。

Source: The World From A to Z

As soon as that mayday message came in on the radio, the Coast Guard responded quickly knowing it was an urgent situation.

無線電中傳來求救信息後,海岸警衛隊迅速做出反應,知道情況緊急。

Source: The World From A to Z

Thinking back to that spring of 1970, I'm reminded of four Yale college students, who with others, played a pivotal role in the mayday events.

回想 1970 年的那個春天,我想起了四個耶魯大學的學生,他們和其他人一起,在五月的事件中發揮了關鍵作用。

Source: Celebrity High School Opening Speech

The pilot gets on his radio and calls " mayday, mayday, mayday" to tell that his plane is in danger of crashing to the ground.

飛行員在電臺中呼叫“mayday, mayday, mayday”,表示他的飛機可能要墜落地面。

Source: VOA Special May 2014 Collection

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