Siren Woman Dangerous Police Attractive ˈsaɪrən Part Warning
Siren (noun) has multiple meanings: 1. A warning device that makes a loud noise, commonly found on emergency vehicles like police cars and ambulances. 2. A dangerously attractive woman, often used in a literary context. 3. In Greek mythology, a siren was a creature whose song lured sailors to their death. 4. A siren call or song refers to a tempting but ultimately harmful or dangerous appeal.
[N-COUNT 可数名词]汽笛;警报器 A siren is a warning device which makes a long, loud noise. Most fire engines, ambulances, and police cars have sirens.
[oft supp N]
It sounds like an air raid siren.
那听起来像是空袭警报。
2
[N-COUNT 可数名词]妖艳而危险的女人;妖妇 Some people refer to a woman as a siren when they think that she is attractive to men but dangerous in some way.
[LITERARY 文]
He depicts her as a siren who has drawn him to his ruin.
他把她描述成是红颜祸水——就是她毁掉了自己。
...the voluptuous siren with a husky voice.
这个声音沙哑、性感迷人的妖女
3
[PHRASE 短语]诱人的东西;诱惑 A siren call or siren song is the appeal that something has although it is harmful or dangerous.
[N inflects]
Unable to resist the siren call of the cards, he withdrew their savings and headed for Las Vegas...
他无法抵挡赌牌的诱惑,便提取了他们的存款前往拉斯韦加斯。
He said the United States was not willing to engage in a search for partial solutions — to succumb, as he put it, to a siren song.
他说美国不愿意参与仅仅解决部分问题的方案的探索——按照他的说法,这种做法就是向诱惑低头。
Oxford
siren/ˈsaɪrən; NAmEˈsaɪrən/noun1a device that makes a long loud sound as a signal or warning 汽笛;警报器◆an air-raid siren空袭警报器◆A police car raced past with its siren wailing.一辆警车鸣着警报器飞驰而过。2(in ancient Greek stories) any of a group of sea creatures that were part woman and part bird, or part woman and part fish, whose beautiful singing made sailors sail towards them into rocks or dangerous waters 塞壬(古希腊神话中半人半鸟或半人半鱼的女海妖,以美妙歌声诱使航海者驶向礁石或进入危险水域)3a woman who is very attractive or beautiful but also dangerous 妖冶而危险的女人;性感妖女4~ voices/song/call( literary) the temptationto do sth that seems very attractive but that will have bad results 危险的诱惑◆The government must resist the siren voices calling for tax cuts.政府万万不可听信那些鼓吹减税的动听言辞。sirensirenssiren/ˈsaɪrən; NAmEˈsaɪrən/
LDC
sirensi‧ren /ˈsaɪərən $ ˈsaɪr-/ noun [countable]
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1a piece of equipment that makes very loud warning sounds, used on police cars, fire engines etc: the wail of the ambulance sirens I heard police sirens in the distance.2siren voices/song/call literary encouragement to do something that seems very good, especially when this could have bad results: siren voices calling for the sale of weapons to the region3a woman who is very attractive but also dangerous to men – used especially in newspapers: a Hollywood siren4the Sirens a group of women in ancient Greek stories, whose beautiful singing made sailors sail towards them into dangerous water
WDF
siren
[ˈsaɪrən]
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NOUN10862
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sirens[2156]
警报器(45%),汽笛(39%),迷人的女人(9%),妖妇(7%)
n.汽笛;迷人的女人;歌声动人的女歌手
adj.迷人的
vt.引诱
vi.响着警报器行驶
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