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siren n.汽笛；警报器n.[希神]塞壬（半鸟半女人的怪物）；妖妇；迷人的女人 (1) 他一听到汽笛声就立即走出船舱。(2) 汽笛的啸鸣把人们从睡梦中惊醒。(3) 警笛在正午鸣响(4) 我们都听到了空袭警报器的声音。(5) 有谁能抗拒你那份像塞壬一样的诱惑。(6) 她在早期电影中扮演妖冶的女人。 The word comes from the Sirens in ancient Greek mythology, the women whose beautiful singing lures sailors to wreck their ships on the rocks. Remember Odysseus, in The Odyssey of Homer? He had his crew plug their ears and then tie him to the mast, so that he could hear the Siren song but not be destroyed by it. Most women won't mind if you call them a siren — meaning they're dangerously beautiful. Who'd object to that?

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英 ['saɪrən] 美 ['saɪrən] (1) He made out of the cabin at once on hearing the siren.(2) The wails of the siren woke the people out of their dreams.(3) The siren went off at noon.(4) We all heard the air-raid siren.(5) Who can resist your temptation like a siren.(6) She played the siren in many early movies. You know that loud wailing sound coming up the highway behind you? That's the siren on the police car racing along, lights flashing, chasing a speeder (not you, of course). 1[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。

英语单词	siren
英美音标	英 ['saɪrən] 美 ['saɪrən]
中文释义	n.汽笛；警报器 n.[希神]塞壬（半鸟半女人的怪物）；妖妇；迷人的女人
英语例句	(1) He made out of the cabin at once on hearing the siren. (2) The wails of the siren woke the people out of their dreams. (3) The siren went off at noon. (4) We all heard the air-raid siren. (5) Who can resist your temptation like a siren. (6) She played the siren in many early movies.
中文例句	(1) 他一听到汽笛声就立即走出船舱。 (2) 汽笛的啸鸣把人们从睡梦中惊醒。 (3) 警笛在正午鸣响 (4) 我们都听到了空袭警报器的声音。 (5) 有谁能抗拒你那份像塞壬一样的诱惑。 (6) 她在早期电影中扮演妖冶的女人。
vocabulary简明	You know that loud wailing sound coming up the highway behind you? That's the siren on the police car racing along, lights flashing, chasing a speeder (not you, of course).
vocabulary扩展	The word comes from the Sirens in ancient Greek mythology, the women whose beautiful singing lures sailors to wreck their ships on the rocks. Remember Odysseus, in The Odyssey of Homer? He had his crew plug their ears and then tie him to the mast, so that he could hear the Siren song but not be destroyed by it. Most women won't mind if you call them a siren — meaning they're dangerously beautiful. Who'd object to that?
柯林斯解释	1 [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。

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