| 单词 | foghorn |
| 释义 | foghorn (once / 36936 pages) n A foghorn is a warning signal that makes a loud noise when it's very foggy. The sound of a foghorn is a warning to sailors and ship captains. On foggy days near the coast, you might hear the repeated low, loud sound of a foghorn. Its warning noise lets those at sea know when they're approaching a rocky coastline or other obstacles they can't see in the fog. The earliest foghorns were gongs or bells that had to be manually hit, or in some cases cannons that were fired repeatedly as long as the fog lasted. WORD FAMILYfoghorn: foghorns USAGE EXAMPLESBut these days, whenever pundits are questioned over their foghorn opinions, they instantly jump on social media in an attempt to get the final say. The Guardian(Dec 15, 2016) Among other tasks, he successfully acted on a Duluth pizza tycoon’s request to save a historic foghorn in the harbor. The New Yorker(Nov 06, 2016) As editor of the college newspaper, The San Francisco Foghorn, he showed early signs of the flair that would insert Ramparts into the national conversation. New York Times(Aug 25, 2016) 1n a warning device consisting of a horn that generates a loud low tone Hypo|Hyper diaphone a foghorn that makes a signal consisting of two tones horn an alarm device that makes a loud warning sound signaling devicea device used to send signals 2n a loud low warning signal that can be heard by fogbound ships Syn|Hyper fogsignal alarm, alarum, alert, warning signal an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger |
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