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

beckonbeckon /ˈbɛkən/ ●○○ verb [intransitive, transitive]

ETYMOLOGYbeckon

Origin: Old English biecnan, from beacen sign

VERB TABLE

beckon

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	beckon
	he, she, it	beckons
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	beckoned
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have beckoned
	he, she, it	has beckoned
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had beckoned
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will beckon
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have beckoned

Continuous Form
Present	I	am beckoning
	he, she, it	is beckoning
	you, we, they	are beckoning
Past	I, he, she, it	was beckoning
	you, we, they	were beckoning
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been beckoning
	he, she, it	has been beckoning
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been beckoning
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be beckoning
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been beckoning

1to make a signal to someone with your hand or arm, to show that you want him or her to come toward you: beckon to The woman beckoned to me to follow her.beckon somebody forward/to/toward etc. A guard beckoned the visitor onward.2if something such as a place or an opportunity beckons, it seems very attractive and you want to go somewhere or do something: The pool beckoned. [Origin: Old English biecnan, from beacen sign]