beacon

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n. 烽火, 灯塔 v. 照亮

发音

UK /ˈbiːkən/
其它

词形变化

beacons 复数 beacons beaconed beaconing beacons 三单 beaconing 现在分词 beaconed 过去式 beaconed 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

灯塔，信号浮标；烽火；指路明灯

动词

照亮，指引

动词

像灯塔般照耀

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.

    烽火

    狼烟

  2. 2.

    A signal, buoy, post, or other conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners, particularly to warn vessels of danger.

    灯塔

    航海 交通
  3. 3.

    A high hill or other easily distinguishable object near the shore which can serve as guidance for seafarers.

  4. 4.

    That which gives notice of danger, hope, etc., or keeps people on the correct path; a source of inspiration.

    比喻

    a beacon of hope

  5. 5.

    An electronic device that broadcasts a signal to nearby portable devices, enabling smartphones etc. to perform actions when in physical proximity to the beacon.

  6. 6.

    Ellipsis of web beacon.

v.
  1. 1.

    To act as a beacon.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To furnish with a beacon or beacons.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

lighthouse pharos radio beacon

上位词 2

tower radio station

下位词 1

signal fire
动词

上位词 7

take lead direct guide shine conduct beam

相关短语

beacon school 模范学校, 灯塔学校（在英国公认为高水平） Beacon Hill 笔架山；灯塔山 beacon schools beacon of hope Belisha beacon 人行道指示灯；斑马线标识 web beacon radio beacon [电] 无线电指标 personal locator beacon emergency position indicating radio beacon rotating beacon [电] 旋转无线电指向标 floating beacon marker beacon [电] 无线电位置标 day beacon personal location beacon swamp beacon

词源

From Middle English beken, from Old English bēacn (“sign, signal”), from Proto-West Germanic *baukn, from Proto-Germanic *baukną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂u-, *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”). Doublet of buoy. Compare West Frisian beaken (“buoy”), Dutch baken (“beacon”), Middle Low German bāke (“beacon, sign”), German Bake (“traffic sign”), Middle High German bouchen (“sign”).

来源：wiktionary