siren

noun

/ˈsaɪrən/

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a device that makes a long loud sound as a signal or warning
- an air-raid siren
- A police car raced past with its siren wailing.
Extra Examples
- The cars had stopped at the sound of the approaching siren.
- The ships all sounded their sirens.
- the blaring sirens of ambulances and police cars
Topics Law and justicec1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- approaching
- distant
- blaring
- …
verb + siren
- put on
- sound
- switch on
- …
siren + verb
- go
- go off
- sound
- …
See full entry
(in ancient Greek stories) any of a group of sea creatures that were part woman and part bird, or part woman and part fish, whose beautiful singing made sailors sail towards them into rocks or dangerous waters
a woman who is very attractive or beautiful but also dangerousTopics Appearancec2
siren voices/song/call (literary) the temptation to do something that seems very attractive but that will have bad results
- The government must resist the siren voices calling for tax cuts.

Word OriginMiddle English (denoting an imaginary type of snake): from Old French sirene, from late Latin Sirena, feminine of Latin Siren, from Greek Seirēn.

单词	siren
释义	siren noun /ˈsaɪrən/ /ˈsaɪrən/ jump to other results a device that makes a long loud sound as a signal or warning an air-raid siren A police car raced past with its siren wailing. Extra Examples The cars had stopped at the sound of the approaching siren. The ships all sounded their sirens. the blaring sirens of ambulances and police cars Topics Law and justicec1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective approaching distant blaring … verb + siren put on sound switch on … siren + verb go go off sound … See full entry (in ancient Greek stories) any of a group of sea creatures that were part woman and part bird, or part woman and part fish, whose beautiful singing made sailors sail towards them into rocks or dangerous waters a woman who is very attractive or beautiful but also dangerousTopics Appearancec2 siren voices/song/call (literary) the temptation to do something that seems very attractive but that will have bad results The government must resist the siren voices calling for tax cuts. Word OriginMiddle English (denoting an imaginary type of snake): from Old French sirene, from late Latin Sirena, feminine of Latin Siren, from Greek Seirēn.
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