beacon
n
1 fire lit on a hilltop as a signal 烽火.
2
(a) light fixed on rocks or on the coast to warn or guide ships, or on a mountain, tall building, etc to warn aircraft 燈塔; 燈標(biāo).
(b) flashing light on an airfield for the guidance of pilots (飛機(jī)場上指示飛機(jī)起降的)閃光燈.
3 signal station such as a lighthouse (燈塔之類的)信號站.
4 radio station or transmitter whose signal helps ships and aircraft to discover their position (幫助航船和飛行器確定位置的)無線電臺或發(fā)射臺.
5 (Brit) = Belisha beacon.
?? 擴(kuò)展釋義
*['bi:kn]n. 烽火, 燈塔vt. 照亮vi. 照亮【電】 指標(biāo)
?? 同為「公共英語」詞匯
serialadj. 連續(xù)的;連載的;順序排列的;分期償付的;
n. 連載小說;電視連續(xù)劇;定期刊物;[軍]行軍梯隊;