(in the UK) a black conical object hoisted by coastguards as a gale warning, the number and arrangement of cones giving information about wind direction and strength.
（英国）（黑色锥形）风暴信标
Example sentencesExamples
It has scouted out the land the broadsheet never visits, and hoisted some storm cones.
I can't wait to see the flags and the storm cones flying again, or to see the mast illuminated at Christmas.
But while the storm cones are raised, I am not convinced that a blanket ‘sell’ policy is appropriate.
Yet the obsessive concern with gesture politics seems quite unaware or unconcerned over the storm cones being raised.