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beacon n.烽火；灯塔 beacon (n.) Old English beacen "sign, portent, lighthouse," from West Germanic *baukna "beacon, signal" (cognates: Old Frisian baken, Old Saxon bokan, Old High German bouhhan); not found outside Germanic. Perhaps borrowed from Latin bucina "a crooked horn or trumpet, signal horn." But more likely from PIE *bhew-, a variant of the base *bha- (1) "to gleam, shine" (see phantasm). Figurative use from c.1600. 【记】beach + on 海滩上 有个灯塔

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['bi:kən] 【英】 n. 烽火；信号灯(a signal light for warning or guiding) n. 灯塔(位于海岸, 用以导航); 烽火(警告敌人的接近)【例】Fires beaconed the darkness 火光驱散了黑暗.【记】bea = bead珠子, 夜明珠, con = can能. 夜明珠能在晚上导航.

单词	beacon
音标	['bi:kən]
解释	n.烽火；灯塔
红宝书	【英】 n. 烽火；信号灯(a signal light for warning or guiding)
字源	beacon (n.) Old English beacen "sign, portent, lighthouse," from West Germanic baukna "beacon, signal" (cognates: Old Frisian baken, Old Saxon bokan, Old High German bouhhan); not found outside Germanic. Perhaps borrowed from Latin bucina "a crooked horn or trumpet, signal horn." But more likely from PIE bhew-, a variant of the base *bha- (1) "to gleam, shine" (see phantasm). Figurative use from c.1600.
不择手段背单词	n. 灯塔(位于海岸, 用以导航); 烽火(警告敌人的接近) 【例】Fires beaconed the darkness 火光驱散了黑暗. 【记】bea = bead珠子, 夜明珠, con = can能. 夜明珠能在晚上导航.
趣味全助记	【记】beach + on 海滩上有个灯塔

Beacon N Signal Bi:Kən N.烽火；灯塔 英 烽火；信号灯(A Light

Beacon N Signal Bi:Kən N.烽火；灯塔英烽火；信号灯(A Light