beacon
英 ['biːk(ə)n]
美['bikən]
- n. 灯塔，信号浮标；烽火；指路明灯
- vt. 照亮，指引
- vi. 像灯塔般照耀
词态变化
复数: beacons;
助记提示
beacon：①必看。在海中航行时必须要看灯塔，战争时必须要看烽火来得知敌情②避开。有了它的指引，你可以避开暗礁等危险——烽火，灯塔。
2. 【记】beach + on 海滩上 有个灯塔
2. 【记】beach + on 海滩上 有个灯塔
中文词源
beacon 灯塔
来自PIE *bha, 发光，照耀，词源同fantasy, 幻想物。
英英释意
- 1. a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance
- 2. a radio station that broadcasts a directional signal for navigational purposes
- 3. a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships
英文词源
- beacon
- beacon: [OE] In Old English, bēacen meant simply ‘sign’; it did not develop its modern senses ‘signal fire’ and ‘lighthouse’ until the 14th century. Its source is West Germanic *baukna, from which English also gets beckon [OE].
=> beckon - beacon (n.)
- Old English beacen "sign, portent, lighthouse," from West Germanic *baukna "beacon, signal" (cognates: Old Frisian baken, Old Saxon bokan, Old High German bouhhan); not found outside Germanic. Perhaps borrowed from Latin bucina "a crooked horn or trumpet, signal horn." But more likely from PIE *bhew-, a variant of the base *bha- (1) "to gleam, shine" (see phantasm). Figurative use from c. 1600.
考试真题
- Madrid was hailed as a public health beacon last November when it rolled out ambitious restrictions on the most polluting cars.
2020年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
实用场景例句
- a navigation beacon
- 航标灯
牛津词典
- (figurative)He was a beacon of hope for the younger generation.
- 他是年轻一代的希望之灯。
牛津词典
- Our Parliament has been a beacon of hope to the peoples of Europe...
- 我们的国会一直是欧洲各族人民的希望之灯。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- General Rudnicki was a moral beacon for many exiled Poles.
- 鲁德尼茨基将军是众多被放逐的波兰人精神上的引路人。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I also want a light, beacon for me.
- 我也想要一盏灯, 一座属于我的灯塔.
期刊摘选
- Again , the beam , the Homing beacon, is in many ways like a birth canal.
- 从某些角度来看, 家乡灯塔的光明指引就像出生的产道一般.
期刊摘选
- This is a beacon to help aircraft discover their position.
- 这个闪光灯是帮助飞机确定位置的.
期刊摘选
- XK beacon is not coming at the moment.
- XK导航台此刻未收到.
期刊摘选
- A wreck on shore is a beacon at sea.
- 前车之覆,后车之鉴.
《简明英汉词典》
- The beacon towers were used specifically for transmitting military information.
- 导游:烽火台是特别用来报警的.
期刊摘选
- The only light over the deep black sea was the blink shone from the beacon.
- 黑黢黢的海面上唯一的光明就只有灯塔上闪现的亮光了.
《简明英汉词典》
- Is BH beacon working ( operating ) normally ( all right ) ?
- BH 导航台 工作正常 吗 ?
期刊摘选
- Like a beacon, his words inspired me.
- 他的一番话给我点燃了航标灯,使我有了奋斗的方向.
期刊摘选
- When the moment is right, we will ignite the Beacon of the Liberty!
- 一旦成熟我们就点燃这个自由女神的火炬!
电影对白
- The beacon is fluctuated very badly.
- 导航台摆动得很厉害.
期刊摘选
- The Great Wall comprises walls , passes , fortresses and beacon towers, creating a complete military defense system.
- 长城是由城墙 、 关城、卫所、烽火台等多种防御工事所组成的一个完整的军事防御体系.
期刊摘选
- Arts are the beacon light of those who are now suffering hungry, diseases, disasters, and troubles.
- 艺术是人类大船水手的航向灯光,而这些水手在忍受则饥饿, 疾病, 苦难, 和一切的苦.
期刊摘选
- I'll be your beacon thru the darkest night.
- 最黑的夜里,我就是陪你的路灯.
期刊摘选
- The beacon guides ships at night.
- 夜里,灯塔默默地为舰船指引着方向.
期刊摘选
- He became a beacon of American feeling.
- 他因而成为美国情感的灯塔.
期刊摘选
- Plane F 103 has homed in on the radio beacon.
- F103号飞机已按照无线电信号飞回基地了.
期刊摘选
- So they over Beacon Hill and round the State House, but there was no place there.
- 所以它们飞过培根山庄,还在住宅区周围转了一周, 可那里没有地方.
期刊摘选
- The blink of beacon could be seen for miles.
- 灯塔的光亮在数英里之外都能看见.
《简明英汉词典》
- He was a beacon of hope for the younger generation.
- 他是年轻一代的希望之灯。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- General Rudnicki was a moral beacon for many exiled Poles.
- 鲁德尼茨基将军是众多被放逐的波兰人精神上的引路人。
柯林斯例句
- Our Parliament has been a beacon of hope to the peoples of Europe.
- 我们的国会一直是欧洲各族人民的希望之灯。
柯林斯例句