英语词汇“semaphore”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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Noun

Her eyes blaze, her dancing reads as semaphore; a feeling of overkill, unsettling but necessary, pervades her every move.

Dan Piepenbring, Harper’s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022 It’s not a sentimental picture, but the gestures are intuitive, eloquent, easily read—an elemental semaphore of the human capacity to comfort.

Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2021 The main difference with this method is how the semaphore is initialized.

Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 2 Oct. 2020 Predictably, this area was a resource locked with a mutex semaphore.

Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 2 Oct. 2020 The dollar, which has fallen by 6% against a basket of currencies since March, is usually part of the semaphore.

The Economist, 11 June 2020 One dancer executed a series of semaphore-like movements, which the dancer on the next roof over tried to copy exactly, and so on down the line.

Brian Seibert, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2020 Giotto’s figures make simple, resonant gestures that are at once hauntingly isolated — like private semaphores — and vital markers in an unfolding communal narrative.

Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2020 The truck hit the rear of the car, rolled onto its side, left the road and hit a semaphore light.

Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 3 Oct. 2019

Verb

Poorly directed, singers semaphore conventional, unconvincing theatrical gestures that turn them right back into stock opera characters.

Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2021 The movie needs Winslet and Ronan’s skills, their ability to semaphore more with sliding glances and tiny gestures than many actors manage with pages of dialogue.

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2020 One of the many things the halted meteorological data gathering couldn’t do on such occasions was release the mutex semaphore to the high-priority bus management task.

Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 2 Oct. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Greek sēma sign, signal + International Scientific Vocabulary -phore

First Known Use

Noun

1815, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1838, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

单词	semaphore
释义	semaphore 1 of 2 noun sem·a·phore ˈse-mə-ˌfȯr 1 : an apparatus for visual signaling (as by the position of one or more movable arms) 2 : a system of visual signaling by two flags held one in each hand Illustration of semaphore alphabet; 3 positions following Z semaphore 2 of 2 verb semaphored; semaphoring transitive verb : to convey (information) by or as if by semaphore intransitive verb : to send signals by or as if by semaphore Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Noun Her eyes blaze, her dancing reads as semaphore; a feeling of overkill, unsettling but necessary, pervades her every move. Dan Piepenbring, Harper’s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022 It’s not a sentimental picture, but the gestures are intuitive, eloquent, easily read—an elemental semaphore of the human capacity to comfort. Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2021 The main difference with this method is how the semaphore is initialized. Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 2 Oct. 2020 Predictably, this area was a resource locked with a mutex semaphore. Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 2 Oct. 2020 The dollar, which has fallen by 6% against a basket of currencies since March, is usually part of the semaphore. The Economist, 11 June 2020 One dancer executed a series of semaphore-like movements, which the dancer on the next roof over tried to copy exactly, and so on down the line. Brian Seibert, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2020 Giotto’s figures make simple, resonant gestures that are at once hauntingly isolated — like private semaphores — and vital markers in an unfolding communal narrative. Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2020 The truck hit the rear of the car, rolled onto its side, left the road and hit a semaphore light. Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 3 Oct. 2019 Verb Poorly directed, singers semaphore conventional, unconvincing theatrical gestures that turn them right back into stock opera characters. Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2021 The movie needs Winslet and Ronan’s skills, their ability to semaphore more with sliding glances and tiny gestures than many actors manage with pages of dialogue. Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2020 One of the many things the halted meteorological data gathering couldn’t do on such occasions was release the mutex semaphore to the high-priority bus management task. Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 2 Oct. 2020 See More Word History Etymology Noun Greek sēma sign, signal + International Scientific Vocabulary -phore First Known Use Noun 1815, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Verb 1838, in the meaning defined at transitive sense Kids Definition semaphore noun sem·a·phore ˈse-mə-ˌfȯr 1 : a device for sending signals that can be seen by the receiver 2 : a system of sending signals with two flags held one in each hand semaphore noun as in signaler Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance signaler signaller burgee union jack black flag tricolor white flag insignia flag waft crest bunting badge pennant coat of arms Jolly Roger gonfalon pendent pennon ensign banner guidon streamer colors banderole standard banderol pendant jack
随便看	safety fuse safety glass safety hanger safety hasp safety hat safety hoist safety in numbers safety ink safety island safety isle safety lamp safety lift safety link safety lock safety match safety net safety nut safety paper safety pin safety pinion safety plug safety rail safety razor safety shoe safety stop

semaphore

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