A Klaxon is a very loud electric horn. Learner books picture it on police cars and other official vehicles in the past — the sharp blast that meant “move, now.” People also use it as a verb: to klaxon is to sound that horn.

A KlaxonKlaxon is是 a very loud electric horn一種非常大聲的電動喇叭. Learner books教材裡 picture it常把它畫 on police cars and other official vehicles in the past在以前的警車和其他公務車上 — the sharp blast那種尖銳的聲響 that meant "move, now."意思是『閃開，現在』. People也有人 also use it as a verb把它當動詞用: to klaxonto klaxon is就是 to sound that horn按那種喇叭.

Though actually, the tidy police-car picture is narrower than how English has used the word. It began as a brand name for a machine that made a hard, screaming note, the old ah-OO-gah kind you still hear in films, and writers later stretched it to factory alarms, ships, and any horn that will not let you ignore it.

Though actually不過其實, the tidy police-car picture警車那種整整齊齊的畫面 than比 how English has used the word英文實際用這個字的範圍 is narrower還要窄. It它 began as a brand name一開始是一個品牌名 for a machine用在一種機器上 that made a hard, screaming note會發出刺耳尖叫聲, the old ah-OO-gah kind就是那種老式ah-OO-gah的聲音 you still hear in films你在電影裡還聽得到, and writers later stretched it後來作家把這個字延伸用到 to factory alarms, ships工廠警報、船隻, and any horn以及任何 that will not let you ignore it讓你無法忽視的喇叭.

In ordinary talk now many people just say horn or siren. Klaxon feels a little old, or a little like a story.

In ordinary talk now現在日常說話裡, many people很多人 just say直接說 horn or sirenhorn或siren. Klaxon Klaxon feels聽起來 a little old有點老派, or或 a little like a story有點像在講故事.

Because it began as a trademark, some writers still give it a capital K.

Because因為 it began as a trademark它一開始是商標, some writers有些作者 still現在還是會 give it a capital K把K大寫.