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beacon 音標拼音: [b'ikən] n. 煙火,燈塔
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vi. 照亮 煙火,燈塔照亮 beacon引標 beacon信標 指標 beacon n 1: a fire ( usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance [ synonym: { beacon}, { beacon fire}] 2: a radio station that broadcasts a directional signal for navigational purposes [ synonym: { radio beacon}, { beacon}] 3: a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships [ synonym: { beacon}, { lighthouse}, { beacon light}, { pharos}] v 1: shine like a beacon 2: guide with a beaconBeacon \ Bea" con\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Beaconed} ( b[= e]" k' nd); p. pr. & vb. n. { Beaconing}.] 1. To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine. [ 1913 Webster] That beacons the darkness of heaven. -- Campbell. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To furnish with a beacon or beacons. [ 1913 Webster]
Beacon \ Bea" con\ ( b[= e]" k' n), n. [ OE. bekene, AS. be[' a] cen, b[= e] cen; akin to OS. b[= o] kan, Fries. baken, beken, sign, signal, D. baak, OHG. bouhhan, G. bake; of unknown origin. Cf. { Beckon}.] 1. A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning. [ 1913 Webster] No flaming beacons cast their blaze afar. -- Gay. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A signal, such as that from a lighthouse, or a conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A high hill near the shore. [ Prov. Eng.] [ 1913 Webster] 4. That which gives notice of danger. [ 1913 Webster] Modest doubt is called The beacon of the wise. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 5. ( Navigation) a radio transmitter which emits a characteristic signal indication its location, so that vehicles may determine their exact location by locating the beacon with a radio compass; -- also called { radio beacon}. [ 1913 Webster] 5. [ fig.] that which provides guidance or inspiration; the Constitution has been a beacon for civil rights activists. [ PJC] { Beacon fire}, a signal fire. [ 1913 Webster] 210 Moby Thesaurus words for " beacon": AM transmitter, FM transmitter, Klaxon, Mayday, RT transmitter, Roman candle, SOS, Texas tower, Very flare, aid to navigation, air- raid alarm, airport beacon, airway beacon, alarm, alarm bell, alarm clock, alarm signal, alarum, alert, all clear, amateur transmitter, amber light, anchor light, approach light, backfire, balefire, beacon fire, beacons, beam, bell, bell buoy, belvedere, blaze, bleachers, blinker, blinker light, blinking light, blue peter, bonfire, bridge, buoy, burglar alarm, burning ghat, buzzer, campfire, caution light, ceiling light, cheerful fire, combustion, conflagration, conning tower, corposant, cozy fire, crackling fire, crematory, crostarie, death fire, fan marker, fen fire, fiery cross, fire, fire alarm, fire bell, fire flag, five- minute gun, flame, flare, flare path, flare- up, flashing light, flashing point, flicker, flickering flame, fog bell, fog signal, fog whistle, foghorn, forest fire, fox fire, funeral pyre, fusee, gale warning, gallery, gazebo, glance, go light, gong buoy, grandstand, green light, heliograph, high sign, hooter, horn, hue and cry, hurricane warning, ignis fatuus, ignition, ingle, international alphabet flag, international numeral pennant, kick, lambent flame, leer, light, lighthouse, lightship, lookout, loophole, magnesium flare, marker, marker beacon, marshfire, microphone, navigation light, nod, note of alarm, nudge, observation post, observatory, occulting light, open fire, outlook, overlook, parachute flare, peanut gallery, peephole, pharos, pilot flag, poke, police whistle, prairie fire, pylon, pyre, quarantine flag, racon, radar beacon, radiator, radio beacon, radio range beacon, radio transmitter, radiomicrophone, radiosonde, raging fire, red flag, red light, ringside, ringside seat, rocket, sailing aid, sea of flames, semaphore, semaphore flag, semaphore telegraph, sheet of fire, sighthole, sign, signal, signal beacon, signal bell, signal fire, signal flag, signal flare, signal gong, signal gun, signal lamp, signal light, signal mast, signal of distress, signal post, signal rocket, signal shot, signal siren, signal tower, siren, skyrocket, small- craft warning, smudge fire, spar buoy, still alarm, stop light, storm cone, storm flag, storm warning, the nod, the wink, three- alarm fire, tocsin, top gallery, touch, tower, traffic light, traffic signal, transceiver, transmitter, two- alarm fire, two- minute gun, upside- down flag, watch fire, watchtower, whistle, white flag, wigwag, wigwag flag, wildfire, wind cone, wind indicator, wind sock, wink, witch fire, yellow flag |
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