1. 1燈塔/信號燈;(比喻)希望的象徵

    A light or signal, often set up high on a hill, tower, or lighthouse, that warns people or guides them — like a lighthouse beacon guiding ships at night. Figuratively, a person, place, or idea can be called 'a beacon of hope' — something that gives people hope or shows them the way forward during a hard time.

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組成From an old English word meaning sign or signal.

原始詞典資料14 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Beaconname

  • 1

    A town in Western Australia.

  • 2

    A city and town in Iowa, United States.

  • 3

    A city in New York, United States.

  • 4

    A hamlet in Devon, England.

  • 5

    A surname.

beaconnoun/ˈbiːkən/

  • 1

    A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.

    • No flaming Beacons caſt their Blaze afar, / The dreadful Signal of invaſive VVar.
  • 2

    nauticaltransportA signal, buoy, post, or other conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners, particularly to warn vessels of danger.

    • Henceforth, wherever thou may’st roam, / ⁠My blessing, like a line of light, / ⁠Is on the waters day and night, / And like a beacon guards thee home.
  • 3

    A high hill or other easily distinguishable object near the shore which can serve as guidance for seafarers.

  • 4

    That which gives notice of danger, hope, etc., or keeps people on the correct path; a source of inspiration.

    • a beacon of hope
    • Modest doubt is called / The beacon of the wise.
  • 5

    An electronic device that broadcasts a signal to nearby portable devices, enabling smartphones etc. to perform actions when in physical proximity to the beacon.

beaconverb/ˈbiːkən/

  • 1

    To act as a beacon.

  • 2

    To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine.

    • That beacons the darkness of heaven.
  • 3

    To furnish with a beacon or beacons.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

  • web beacon

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。