SOS — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. The conventional Morse code call made by a ship in distress.

   Parole correlate

   maydaypan-pan

   Esempi

   The crew sent a frantic SOS as they realised the scale of the disaster.

   "Look at wireless. Look at the S. O. S. call at sea. Is that not a benefit to mankind?"

   Altri esempi (1)

   At around 5:30 a.m., crewmembers of a JCG patrol boat received an SOS from the 106,726-ton freighter Anangel Courage. The patrol vessel and a JCG plane found the freighter on the high seas about 67 kilometers away from Uotsuri Island, one of the Senkaku Islands, which are also claimed by China.

Sostantivo

1. A children's game in which players take turns to place S's and O's on a grid, collecting points by creating an "SOS" sequence.

   Uso

   • non numerabile

   Parole correlate

   tic tac toe

Sostantivo

1. an internationally recognized distress signal in radio code

   Termini più generali

   distress signaldistress call