| 单词 | beacon |
| 释义 | beacon (biːkən ) Word forms: beacons 1. countable noun A beacon is a light or a fire, usually on a hill or tower, which acts as a signal or a warning. 2. countable noun If someone acts as a beacon to other people, they inspire or encourage them. Our Parliament has been a beacon of hope to the peoples of Europe. [+ of] He acted as a beacon for new immigrants. [+ for] Collocations: beacon of hope One shining beacon of hope amidst this week of gloom. Times, Sunday Times (2015) And the beacon of hope was parked right outside the hut. Times, Sunday Times (2007) She is a beacon of hope. The Sun (2008) And she is a beacon of hope to all women caught in the grip of this cruel and often misunderstood disease. The Sun (2010) The picture showed his vehicle displaying an emergency beacon. Times, Sunday Times (2007) The couple also triggered their emergency beacon. The Sun (2009) Its ability to flash its light allows it to double up as an emergency beacon, making it a useful thing to keep in the car boot. Times, Sunday Times (2009) The hiker - who set off his emergency locator beacon - could be fined 15,000. The Sun Soldiers are now issued with a locator beacon to help colleagues to find them in the event of injury or accident. Times, Sunday Times The equipment included an aircraft transponder, oxygen system, aircraft radios, emergency locator beacon, in-flight satellite tracking and a radio tracker. Times, Sunday Times A personal locator beacon then alerts rescue services to their position. Times, Sunday Times As he hit the earth, he activated an electronic locator beacon and used his radio. Times, Sunday Times I continue four miles southeast to a warning beacon about 560ft above sea level. Times, Sunday Times Without any swell there was no phosphorescence from plankton in the sea, which would have glowed around the iceberg like a warning beacon. Times, Sunday Times His final posting blends selfabsorption, entitlement, fantasy and a lack of empathy that should have been a warning beacon. The Sun Less beacon of youthful vitality, more warning beacon of orange, flashing urgency. Times, Sunday Times Many are so called because they were historically the site of a warning beacon. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 烽火 Japanese: ビーコン |
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