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单词 semaphore
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semaphore
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A semaphore is a gadget used for conveying signals. Semaphores have either lights or mechanical arms that move.
The word semaphore is related to a Greek word meaning "signal," and that's exactly the purpose of semaphores: they give signals. The place you're most likely to have seen a semaphore is a railroad crossing: the gadget with moving arms is a semaphore. Some semaphores have mechanical arms, while others just use lights to communicate. A semaphore system can also use flags. In all cases, semaphores give visual signals that communicate something important, especially to people traveling.
WORD FAMILY
semaphore: semaphored, semaphores, semaphoring
USAGE EXAMPLES
Meyerowitz, the head of Semaphore Entertainment Group, said he too always wondered which fighting style would reign supreme.
Washington Post(Nov 10, 2016)
Even taskmaster Guardiola was spied clapping on the touchline at one point instead of being his usual manic semaphoring self.
The Guardian(Nov 05, 2016)
In her intuitive, freewheeling explorations, her body delivers a kind of semaphore of contradictory feelings.
The New Yorker(Oct 17, 2016)
1n an apparatus for visual signaling with lights or mechanically moving arms
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apparatus, setup
equipment designed to serve a specific function
2v send signals by or as if by semaphore
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sign, signal, signalise, signalize
communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs
3v convey by semaphore, of information
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communicate, intercommunicate
transmit thoughts or feelings
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