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单词 signal
释义

signal1/ʹsignəl/ noun

an action, gesture, word, etc event, or watchword that has an been agreed meaning, e.g. to begin on as the occasion for a concerted action

the signal to attack

anything that prompts a particular action or event to take place

a conventional sign, sound, etc that conveys a particular piece of information or gives a warning or command

a sign, e.g. consisting of a set of coloured lights, or a vertical post with a moving arm that regulates the flow of traffic, esp on a railway line

the sound or image conveyed by telegraph, telephone, radio, radar, or television

the variations of a physical quantity, e.g. pressure, current, or voltage, by which information may be transmitted in an electronic circuit or system, e.g.:

the wave that is used to modulate a carrier (wave carrying information to be transmitted)

the video signal

the wave produced by the modulation of a carrier by a signal

a radio signal

[Middle English via French from late Latin signale from Latin signum sign1]

signal2verb (signalled, signalling, NAmer signaled) (signaling)

verb intrans

to make or send a signal

I signalled and turned left

verb trans

to warn, order, or request (somebody) to do something by a signal

to communicate (something) by signals

to be a sign or mark of (something)

Her resignation signalled the end of a long career

signaller noun

signal3adj

markedly different from the ordinary; conspicuous or outstanding

a signal achievement

signally adv
[French signalé, past part. of signaler to distinguish, via Old Italian from late Latin signale: see signal1]
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