emergency cord in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for emergency cord in the English»Spanish Dictionary

See also vocal cords, umbilical cord, spinal cord

emergency <pl emergencies> [Am əˈmərdʒənsi, Brit ɪˈməːdʒ(ə)nsi] N C or U

emergency cord in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for emergency cord in the English»Spanish Dictionary

Translations for emergency cord in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.emergency [ɪˈmɜ:dʒənsi, Am -ˈmɜ:r-] -ies N

II.emergency [ɪˈmɜ:dʒənsi, Am -ˈmɜ:r-] -ies ADJ

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
Pulling the emergency cord of the train to avoid having to give an emotionally significant response.
theconversation.com
She and everyone else on the train freaked out, and one person pulled the emergency cord.
jalopnik.com
They get confused and pull the emergency cord.
en.wikipedia.org
The daughter of a 68-year-old man who died after no one responded to emergency cords he pulled in his specially equipped apartment is suing the building's owners for $3 million.
www.oregonlive.com
Others were treated beside the tracks where the train halted after passengers pulled the emergency cord.
en.wikipedia.org
When a thermos falls and explodes as the train passes over some points, she leaps up and pulls the emergency cord bringing the train to a halt.
en.wikipedia.org
A man fleeing with his mistress narrowly escapes a train crash after he pulls the emergency cord and is wracked with guilt.
en.wikipedia.org
Four minutes after the fire had begun, the train had stopped, thanks to the emergency cord, which had alerted the driver.
en.wikipedia.org
That's when someone reportedly pulled an emergency cord, stopping the train and leaving passengers and bugs stuck between two stations for about half an hour.
jalopnik.com
We have the chance to pull the emergency cord and jump off, to set ourselves on another, freer course.
www.thenational.scot

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