Siren
[ 'saɪrən ]
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n. 汽笛;妖冶而危险的女人;危险的诱惑;塞壬（古希腊传说中半人半鸟的女海妖，惯以美妙的歌声引诱水手，使他们的船只或触礁或驶入危险水域）;
📝 例句
The siren also reaches its pinnacle and then suddenly goes off.
警报声达到极限，然后嘎然而止。
The siren warned us that a police car was chasing us.
警报器告诉我们一辆警车正在追我们。
I heard the wail of a police siren.
我听见警笛的尖叫声。
The air is filled with angry shouts, the intermittent siren.
空气中充满着人们愤怒的吼声，断断续续的警报声。
The siren wailed and woke everyone.
警报器尖叫,把人们都惊醒了。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ si-拼音“四”,ren-拼音“人”:四个人是妖妇
※ si-拼音“死”,ren-拼音“人”:发现死人,快拉警报器(警车的警报器一响可能哪死人了)
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
siren
n
1 device that makes a long loud sound as a signal or warning 汽笛; 警报器
an air-raid siren 空袭警报器
a police siren 警察用的警报器
an ambulance/a fire-engine racing along with its sirens wailing 响著警报器急驰而过的救护车[消防车].
2 (in Greek mythology) one of a number of winged women whose songs lured sailors to their destruction （希腊神话中的）塞壬（半鸟半女人的怪物, 常用美妙的歌声引诱航海者触礁毁灭）.
3 woman regarded as fascinating and dangerous 妖艳而危险的女人.
🎯 考研助记
死(si)人(ren)拉响 警报器 网友：yqy 补充：来了几位（n）先生（sire），赶紧拉响警报器
🔁 扩展释义
*['saiәrin]n. 女海妖, 妖女, 警报器, 汽笛, 迷人的美女a. 诱惑的vi. 响着警报器前进【医】 并腿畸胎
📖 同为「CET-6」词汇
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So it looks as if she meant to return.
因此看样子她好象要回来。
The fax has greatly changed office work, especially in China.
特别是在中国，传真机大大地改变了办公室的工作。
Gandhi was thrown off a train and later a mail bus for insisting on travelling in the whites-only section.
旅行时，甘地因为坚持要坐白人座位，曾经先后两次被从一列火车与一辆邮车里扔出来。