音标:['bi:kn] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
n. 烽火, 灯塔
v. 照亮
n. a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance
n. a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships
v. shine like a beacon
v. guide with a beacon
词型变化:名词复数形式 : beacons ; 现在分词 : beaconing ; 过去式 : beaconed ; 第三人称单数 : beacons ; 过去分词 : beaconed
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beacon的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. The beacon fire shines on the capital.烽火照西京。
  2. We climb the hill by day to watch for beacon fires and water horses by riverside when day expires.白日登山望烽火,黄昏饮马傍交河。
  3. These beacons on the coast are to warn and guide ships.这些海滩上的信号灯是用来提醒和指示船舶的。
  4. A beacon flamed out against the night sky.灯塔在夜空衬托下闪亮。
  5. The blink of beacon could be seen for miles.灯塔的光亮在数英里之外都能看见。
  6. Plane F103 has homed in on the radio beacon.F103号飞机已按照无线电信号飞回基地了。

词汇搭配

  • radar beacon雷达信标
  • radio beacon无线电导航台...
  • hazard beacon危险警告信标,濒危标...
  • airport beacon机场信标
  • auxiliary beacon辅助信标
  • beacon light灯标
  • light beacon灯立标
  • range beacon航线无线电信标...
  • transponder beacon无线电应答信标...
  • marker beacon标志信标,指向标,无...
  • aural beacon音响无线电信标...
  • fixed beacon固定信标
  • beacon course标程,无线电导标的航...
  • day beacon昼标
  • beacon boat灯标艇,警标艇...
  • flashing beacon交通指示柱,闪光标灯...
  • beacon range信标有效距离...
  • beacon station标向电台
  • beacon buoy警告浮标
  • Belisha beacon交通指示柱

经典引文

  • The mariner who, sighting the faint beacon of Start Point after a long voyage, knows that he will soon embrace his wife.

    出自:M. Lowry
  • With the lights of the camp providing a beacon that could be seen for miles across the plains.

    出自:M. M. Kaye
  • Modest doubt is call'd The beacon of the wise.

    出自:Troilus Cressida,Shakespeare
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