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beacon n.烽火；灯塔；基地 (1) 烽火照西京。(2) 白日登山望烽火，黄昏饮马傍交河。(3) 这些海滩上的信号灯是用来提醒和指示船舶的。(4) 灯塔在夜空衬托下闪亮。(5) F103号飞机已按照无线电信号飞回基地了。 Beacon comes from an Old English word meaning “sign,” and that's what actual beacons are for lost ships: signs of having made it to land. Beacons are often some kind of light, like the bonfires that the ancient Greeks lit on hillsides to communicate that an army had come home from overseas. You'll also see beacon used figuratively, especially in the phrase “beacon of hope.”

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英 ['biːkən] 美 ['biːkən] (1) The beacon fire shines on the capital.(2) We climb the hill by day to watch for beacon fires and water horses by riverside when day expires.(3) These beacons on the coast are to warn and guide ships.(4) A beacon flamed out against the night sky.(5) Plane F103 has homed in on the radio beacon. If your nose is shining like a beacon, I hope you are a reindeer employed by a jolly fat man from the North Pole. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]灯塔 A beacon is a light or a fire, usually on a hill or tower, which acts as a signal or a warning. 2[N-COUNT 可数名词]指路明灯；指引者；楷模 If someone acts as a beacon to other people, they inspire or encourage them.   [usu N to/of/for n]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。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。

英语单词	beacon
英美音标	英 ['biːkən] 美 ['biːkən]
中文释义	n.烽火；灯塔；基地
英语例句	(1) The beacon fire shines on the capital. (2) We climb the hill by day to watch for beacon fires and water horses by riverside when day expires. (3) These beacons on the coast are to warn and guide ships. (4) A beacon flamed out against the night sky. (5) Plane F103 has homed in on the radio beacon.
中文例句	(1) 烽火照西京。 (2) 白日登山望烽火，黄昏饮马傍交河。 (3) 这些海滩上的信号灯是用来提醒和指示船舶的。 (4) 灯塔在夜空衬托下闪亮。 (5) F103号飞机已按照无线电信号飞回基地了。
vocabulary简明	If your nose is shining like a beacon, I hope you are a reindeer employed by a jolly fat man from the North Pole.
vocabulary扩展	Beacon comes from an Old English word meaning “sign,” and that's what actual beacons are for lost ships: signs of having made it to land. Beacons are often some kind of light, like the bonfires that the ancient Greeks lit on hillsides to communicate that an army had come home from overseas. You'll also see beacon used figuratively, especially in the phrase “beacon of hope.”
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]灯塔 A beacon is a light or a fire, usually on a hill or tower, which acts as a signal or a warning. 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]指路明灯；指引者；楷模 If someone acts as a beacon to other people, they inspire or encourage them. [usu N to/of/for n] 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。 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。

Beacon Hill Day Hope N Count 可数名词 Acts 英