Beacon

['biːk(ə)n] or ['bikən]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships.

(noun.) a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance.

(verb.) guide with a beacon.

(verb.) shine like a beacon.

埃莉整理--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.

(n.) A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners.

(n.) A high hill near the shore.

(n.) That which gives notice of danger.

(v. t.) To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine.

(v. t.) To furnish with a beacon or beacons.

阿黛尔編輯

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Signal-fire.[2]. Mark, sign, signal.

杰德手打

解釋/意思:

n. a fire on an eminence used as a sign of danger: a hill on which such could be lighted: anything that warns of danger esp. an erection of stone wood or iron often bearing a light and marking rocks or shoals in rivers or navigable channels.—v.t. to act as a beacon to: to light up: to mark by means of beacons.—n. Float′ing-bea′con a light-ship.

校對:瓦珥