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单词 beacon
释义
beacon
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbiː.kən/us
/ˈbiː.kən/
alightorfirein aplacethat iseasytosee, such as on thetopof ahill, thatactsas awarningorsignal:
Aspartof thecentenarycelebrationsachainof beacons waslitacrosstheregion.作为百年庆典的一部分，这个地区各处点起了一盏盏信标灯。
Thetowerhad aflashingbeacon thatpeoplecouldseefrommilesaway.
Compare
lighthouse
See also
Belisha beacon
adevicethatsendsout aradiosignalto show thepositionof something such as aship,aircraft, etc.:
A plane'stransponderis a beacon thattransmitsanidentifyingcode.
Planesflyalongaircorridorsmarkedby ground-basedradiobeacons.
a goodexamplethat givespeoplehopeorencouragement:
She was a beaconofhopeintroubledtimes.在动荡的年代，她是人们的希望之灯。
He saidBritaincouldbecomea beacon to therestof theworld.
More examples
  • Boston Light on Little Brewster Island is the only beacon stillmannedby an active-dutyCoastGuardcrew.
  • At thefarend of thestreet,headlightsshinelike a beacon.
  • Robottaxiswouldrespondtoelectronicsignalsfromnavigationbeacons.
  • Hedevelopeda beacon tolocateskiersburiedin anavalanche.
  • Dubai wastransformedfrom anancientPersianGulfportinto aglitzyinternationalhubofspasandskyscrapers- and a beacon ofmodernityfor theArabworld.
  • "How can theUnitedStatesupholdourpositionas a beacon for thefreeexchangeofideasandscienceif we ourselvescensorauthors?" heasks.
  • Hecontinuedtobelievein theideaofracialjusticeinAmerica. And that's what makes him such a beacon.
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Fire & flame
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Broadcasting: radio
Encouraging and urging on
(Definition ofbeaconfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
beacon
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbiː.kən/us
/ˈbiː.kən/
alightorfireon thetopof ahillthatactsas awarningorsignal
（山顶上作为信号的）信标灯；灯塔；烽火
Aspartof thecentenarycelebrationsachainof beacons waslitacrosstheregion.作为百年庆典的一部分，这个地区各处点起了一盏盏信标灯。
figurativeShe was a beaconofhopeintroubledtimes.在动荡的年代，她是人们的希望之灯。

beacon| American Dictionary

beacon
noun[C]
us
/ˈbi·kən/
alightthatactsas asignalorwarning:
fig.a beacon ofhope
A beacon is also adevicethatsendsasignalorinformation:
aradar/navigationbeacon
(Definition ofbeaconfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbeacon

beacon
The spacecraft sends abeaconsignal to the ground indicating how urgent it is to track the spacecraft for telemetry.
From theCambridge English Corpus
One explanation for this finding could be related to the sequence characteristics of the molecular beacons and adjacent primers.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The alternate nucleotide was positioned in the middle of the loop sequence of the beacons.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Moreover, the strength of this technique lies in the determination of the most likelybeaconlocation based on the measurements and supporting statistical information.
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Lighting of the alabaster curtain wall so that at night it would light the church interior and act as abeaconto the community outside.
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The buildings (there are two exactly similar) take ambiguity and abstraction further in an attempt to create simple beacons of beauty in a chaotic landscape.
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New-style education appeared as a seemingly universalbeaconof hope, particularly when it was meant to convey a reworked but "traditionally" inspired notion of morality.
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The speaker does not yearn for heavenly light, but a humble "beacon" of human manufacture.
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But what does 'unsupported' really mean in these days of satellite telephones, emergency beacons, and ski-equipped aircraft?
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To many in the environmental movement, that report still stands as abeaconof sense in the foolish world of economics.
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Genes causing inherited cancer as beacons identifying the mechanisms of chemoresistance.
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This will enable the vehicle to be deployed in a broader range of environments without the need to introduce artificial beacons.
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This need, coupled with strict intrinsically safe equipment requirements, essentially precludes the use of conventional trailing-type communication cables or radio beacons.
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The subset of fast pulsars to be considered for use as beacons is rather small.
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Figure 2 presents a comparison of distance errors in observations for both beacons and goals.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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