beacon

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beacon 是什么意思

中文释义

n. 烽火, 灯塔

v. 照亮

英文释义

n. a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance

n. a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships

v. shine like a beacon

v. guide with a beacon

beacon 的真实例句

以下例句摘自真实英文文章，看看 beacon 在自然语境里怎么用：

This point is taken from Frank Tannenbaum, Slave and Citizen (1947; Beacon, 2001), 110 n.

—— “Slavery has been such a widespread practice throughout human history that it has rarely needed a particular racial ideology in order to take root”

Visitors came to see the sphere “glowing like a beacon after dark,” reports the Art Newspaper’s Angella d’Avignon.

—— A Glowing Sphere Towering Over Utah Sent an Urgent Artistic Message: The Great Salt Lake Is Drying Up

Independent bookstores are beacons of hope, offering intangible commodities such as connection, empathy, and knowledge, in addition to physical books.

—— Independent Bookstore Day: Bookshop.org founder on how small retailers are taking on Amazon

The spaceship could not be repaired, and the rescue beacon had failed.

—— Constellations

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