名詞 mayday:

1. an internationally recognized distress signal via radiotelephone (from the French m'aider)

may.day

n.（名詞）
An international radiotelephone signal word used by aircraft and ships in distress.
呼救信號(hào)：遇險(xiǎn)的飛機(jī)、船只等使用的國(guó)際無(wú)線(xiàn)電呼救信號(hào)

來(lái)源：
From French m`aidez [help me!]
源自 法語(yǔ) m`aidez [救命]

<注釋>.Mayday, mayday!. comes the international distress signal over the radio,and nobody stops to ask why the first of May is being mentioned at a time of crisis.Mayday, in fact, has nothing to do with the first of May. Instead, it is a spelling that represents the pronunciation of Frenchm`aidez, .help me,. or the latter part of the phrase venez m`aider, .come help me,. either of which are quite appropriate at such a critical juncture.
.救命，救命!.無(wú)線(xiàn)電接收機(jī)中傳來(lái)國(guó)際遇險(xiǎn)呼救信號(hào)，總有人詢(xún)問(wèn)為何在危急時(shí)刻使用五月的第一天作為信號(hào)。實(shí)際上，Mayday 和五月份的第一天沒(méi)有任何關(guān)系。 相反，它只是和法語(yǔ)中m`aidez .幫助我.或短語(yǔ) venez m`aider .來(lái)幫助我.的后半部分的讀音相同的一種拼寫(xiě)， 均適用于指緊要關(guān)頭