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

smoke signal

noun

1A column of smoke used as a way of conveying a message to a distant person.Many of their traditions and their original methods of communication - their language, smoke signals, and messages carried by people on foot - have survived....

Tribes in Kurdistan set up a primitive warning system with observers and smoke signals to warn the most likely targets of the approach of British aircraft.
The smoke signals from the Vatican were certainly this week's most newsworthy communicative acts.

1.1An indication of someone’s intentions or views: a series of political smoke signals has aroused hopes for a fresh initiative on Northern Ireland...

Various smoke signals have been sent up, but in truth, nobody knows. This is the type of thing that Bertie always, always keeps in pectore until the very last moment.
As ever in Northern Ireland, however, the smoke signals are confused and indistinct.
If you read The Sunday Times last week, there were smoke signals that gave you a pretty good idea what that might be.

单词	smoke signal
释义	smoke signal noun 1A column of smoke used as a way of conveying a message to a distant person.Many of their traditions and their original methods of communication - their language, smoke signals, and messages carried by people on foot - have survived.... Tribes in Kurdistan set up a primitive warning system with observers and smoke signals to warn the most likely targets of the approach of British aircraft. The smoke signals from the Vatican were certainly this week's most newsworthy communicative acts. 1.1An indication of someone’s intentions or views: a series of political smoke signals has aroused hopes for a fresh initiative on Northern Ireland... Various smoke signals have been sent up, but in truth, nobody knows. This is the type of thing that Bertie always, always keeps in pectore until the very last moment. As ever in Northern Ireland, however, the smoke signals are confused and indistinct. If you read The Sunday Times last week, there were smoke signals that gave you a pretty good idea what that might be.
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