音标:[ˈsaiərinz] ;
n. 汽笛( siren的复数形式 ); 妖冶而危险的女人; 危险的诱惑; 塞壬(古希腊传说中半人半鸟的女海妖, 惯以美妙的歌声引诱水手, 使他们的船只或触礁或驶入危险水域)
n. a sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived
n. a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive
n. a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound

第61届奥斯卡最佳歌曲,电影《上班女郎》主题曲,主唱:Carly Simon Were coming to the edge, Running on the water, Coming through the fog, Your sons and daughters. Let the river run, Let all the dreamers Wake the nation. Come, th

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Let me take these clothes off, throw them in the fire Blowing hair in the wind, let spirit guide me No limitations, it's a brand new day It's a new horizon, this is who I am This is what I want Oh, I'm breaking free I'm taking the leap These borders

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Two robbers were robbing a hotel. The first robber said, I hear sirens. Jump! The second one said, But we're on the 13 th floor! The first one screamed back, This is no time to be superstitious! 两个盗贼在一家旅馆偷东西。第一个说:我

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the thirteenth floor There were two very stupid robbers. They were robbing an office building. They heard police sirens and got nervous. The first one said, Let's jump down to the street. The second one said,But we're on the thirteenth floor! The fir

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Anita, Taiwan speaker Am I happy where I live now? I'm really happy where I live now. It's because my apartment is big and it's new. It's very comfortable. I can do whatever I want. The neighborhoods are good the people around is good and it actually

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Brian has a fast car. He drives his car fast. He never gets a ticket. His car is too fast for the police. They chase him, but they cant catch him. Brian always escapes from the police. The police want to catch him. But their cars are too slow. Brians

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英国90后流行女歌手Cher Lloyd转型力作《Sirens》MV首播!Cher一改往日阳光性感形象,点起香烟化身颓废派,在声嘶力竭中质问旧爱。警笛四起之时,过往生活从此分崩离析,Cher在暗影当中泪流满

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We have a nice house. It has three bedrooms. It has three bathrooms. It is a one-story house. It doesnt have any stairs. It doesnt have a second floor. It doesnt have a basement. It does have an attic. It has a chimney and a fireplace. It has a kitch

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Most of my life I sat on my hands, I don't make a sound Getting it right I made all my plans, lost, never found Your eyes, your smile can light up the night, night Embers and neon signs paint up our sky, sky Airplanes cut through the clouds Like ange

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《Falling Slowing》夺得第80届奥斯卡最佳电影歌曲奖 And won't return And part of me Wants to hide The part that's burned Once, once Knew how to talk to you Once, once But not anymore Hear the sirens call me home Hear the sirens call me

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Were coming to the edge, Running on the water, Coming through the fog, Your sons and daughters. Let the river run, Let all the dreamers Wake the nation. Come, the New Jerusalem. Silver cities rise, The morning lights The streets that meet them, And s

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BBC Learning English People and Places Hina Yvonne:Hello, Im Yvonne Archer, and today on People and Places from bbclearningenglish.com we meet someone who was born in London, moved to Kuwait and then to Bahrain at the age of seven. So who is she and

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AS IT IS 2015-10-09 Japanese Rock Band Goes English 日本流行摇滚乐队发行日英双语音乐专辑 It took 10 years for a popular Japanese rock band to release a music album in both English and Japanese. This is my dream, said Takahiro Moriuc

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Turin Brakes - Dark on Fire Dark On Fire In the morning, When you wake up Daytime fades up And your make up runs, Just hold on It sounds tacky, but I'm hopeful There's a reason That the world turns round, Through silent sound Set the dark on fire Set

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For the lost desire, the star of once been higher Light the face of dead worlds, forever in my heart For the lost Elysion Rivers of red run through the land Cover the ruins of once golden past When starlight was strong and I did belong To the almight

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Seven sailors from the North Set their sails for the isle of Rott Then their heading turns southwest For adventure and conquest Seven sailors head southwest as the wind Fills their sails On a journey across the North Sea For adventure and conquest An

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Sirens racing, heading northbound on the freeway. Tragedy has happened early in the morning today. Best friend, my best friend's gone for sure. I'm never gonna get him back. I spent a lifetime trying, trying to be someone. Trying to get things right,

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The lady who brought us these photos was lucky, as far as the photos go. 那位给我们这些照片的女士非常幸运,就这些照片而言, She had started hand-cleaning them herself and stopped 她也开始自己亲手清洗照片, when s

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approach control office
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aurian
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back-off compensation
blow-molded container
bottle glorifier
brooksie
carved wooden jewellery box
clonal selection
Crack a nut with a sledgehammer
crawl up
cryosphere
Cumbres de Monterrey National Park
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de(s)aminase
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doand
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gaol
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have a notion that...
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