| 单词 | siren |
| 释义 | siren (once / 3465 pages) 1n 2n 3n You know that loud wailing sound coming up the highway behind you? That's the siren on the police car racing along, lights flashing, chasing a speeder (not you, of course). The word comes from the Sirens in ancient Greek mythology, the women whose beautiful singing lures sailors to wreck their ships on the rocks. Remember Odysseus, in The Odyssey of Homer? He had his crew plug their ears and then tie him to the mast, so that he could hear the Siren song but not be destroyed by it. Most women won't mind if you call them a siren — meaning they're dangerously beautiful. Who'd object to that? WORD FAMILYsiren: sirens USAGE EXAMPLESMore than two dozen sirens scattered in cities from Orting to the Port of Tacoma would activate. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Still, a faint siren stirs inside of Couch Slouch that something is amiss when student-athletes renege on their part of the covenant. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) An air siren heralded Booker T.’s entrance. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1n a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound Hyper alarm, alarum, alert, warning signal an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger 2n an acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning 2Hyper acoustic device a device for amplifying or transmitting sound alarm, alarm system, warning devicea device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event n a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive 3Syn|Hyper Delilah, enchantress, femme fatale, temptress adult female, woman an adult female person (as opposed to a man) n eellike aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills Hyper salamander any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed Siren (once / 17537 pages) n WORD FAMILY Siren: Sirens USAGE EXAMPLESBut like a Siren’s song, the wine industry beckoned to the brothers and their combined 12 years in the business. Seattle Times(Dec 23, 2016) A few found the effort almost painful, as if they were being strapped to the mast to listen to the Sirens’ song. Slate(Dec 06, 2016) Perhaps it wasn’t that Jaar was putting on a combative performance but that the songs on his latest release, “Sirens,” are inherently intense and vitriolic. Washington Post(Nov 16, 2016) n a sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived Odysseus ordered his crew to plug their ears so they would not hear the Siren's fatal song Exp|Hyper Lorelei a Siren of German legend who lured boatmen in the Rhine to destruction sea nymph (Greek mythology) a water nymph who was the daughter of Oceanus or Nereus |
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