sirens
英 [ˈsaɪərənz]
美 [ˈsaɪrənz]
n. 汽笛; 警报器; 塞壬(古希腊神话中半人半鸟或半人半鱼的女海妖,以美妙歌声诱使航海者驶向礁石或进入危险水域); 妖冶而危险的女人; 性感妖女
siren的复数
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 汽笛;警报器
Asirenis a warning device which makes a long, loud noise. Most fire engines, ambulances, and police cars have sirens.- It sounds like an air raid siren.
那听起来像是空袭警报。
- It sounds like an air raid siren.
- N-COUNT 妖艳而危险的女人;妖妇
Some people refer to a woman as asirenwhen they think that she is attractive to men but dangerous in some way.- He depicts her as a siren who has drawn him to his ruin.
他把她描述成是红颜祸水——就是她毁掉了自己。 - ...the voluptuous siren with a husky voice.
这个声音沙哑、性感迷人的妖女
- He depicts her as a siren who has drawn him to his ruin.
- PHRASE 诱人的东西;诱惑
Asiren callorsiren songis the appeal that something has although it is harmful or dangerous.- Unable to resist the siren call of the cards, he withdrew their savings and headed for Las Vegas...
他无法抵挡赌牌的诱惑,便提取了他们的存款前往拉斯韦加斯。 - He said the United States was not willing to engage in a search for partial solutions — to succumb, as he put it, to a siren song.
他说美国不愿意参与仅仅解决部分问题的方案的探索——按照他的说法,这种做法就是向诱惑低头。
- Unable to resist the siren call of the cards, he withdrew their savings and headed for Las Vegas...
双语例句
- I was carted off in an ambulance with the sirens blaring.
我被一路鸣笛的救护车带走了。 - That morning, my wife, teenage granddaughter and I heard the warning sirens sounding as we enjoyed some fresh buttered biscuits with honey.
那天早晨,我的妻子、十几岁的孙女和我在吃加有蜂蜜和鲜黄油的饼干时听到了警报的鸣笛声。 - The sound of sirens was an omnipresent background noise in New York
在纽约,警报声是无处不在的背景噪音。 - Well, I turned on the lights and sirens, and got on the PA system announcing ourselves as police officers.
嗯,我开了警灯和警笛,并上了扩音系统宣布我们是警察。 - In big cities you hear police sirens all the time.
在大城市里,你总能听到警笛声。 - The spider jumped and it killed Mister, as the police sirens could be heard in the distance.
蜘蛛扑到先生身上杀了他,此时远处传来了警笛声。 - The public opinion cops switched on their sirens.
舆论警察们拉响了警报。 - She heard the sirens scream their unearthly wail.
她听到警报器发出可怕的尖叫声。 - Odysseus and his sailors managed to escape the sirens.
奥德修斯和他的水手逃离了塞壬。 - The sirens sounded, warning of a tornado.
警报响了起来,警告飓风要来了。