si·ren

noun

/ˈsaɪrən/

a device that makes a long loud sound as a signal or warning汽笛；警报器；警笛
- an air-raid siren空袭警报器
- A police car raced past with its siren wailing.一辆警车鸣着警报器飞驰而过。
Extra Examples
- The cars had stopped at the sound of the approaching siren.这些汽车听到愈来愈近的警笛声便停了下来。
- The ships all sounded their sirens.轮船齐声鸣笛。
- the blaring sirens of ambulances and police cars救护车和警车刺耳的笛声
Topics Law and justicec1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- approaching
- distant
- blaring
- …
verb + siren
- put on
- sound
- switch on
- …
siren + verb
- go
- go off
- sound
- …
(in ancient Greek stories) any of a group of sea creatures that were part woman and part bird, or part woman and part fish, whose beautiful singing made sailors sail towards them into rocks or dangerous waters塞壬（古希腊神话中半人半鸟或半人半鱼的女海妖，以美妙歌声诱使水手驶向礁石或进入危险水域）
a woman who is thought to be very attractive or beautiful but also dangerous被认为非常有吸引力或美丽但也很危险的女人
siren voices/song/call (literary) a temptation to do something that seems very attractive but that will have bad results做一些看似很有吸引力但会产生不良结果的事情的诱惑
- The government must resist the siren voices calling for tax cuts.政府万万不可听信那些鼓吹减税的动听言辞。

Word OriginMiddle English (denoting an imaginary type of snake): from Old French sirene, from late Latin Sirena, feminine of Latin Siren, from Greek Seirēn.

单词	siren
释义	si·ren noun /ˈsaɪrən/ /ˈsaɪrən/ a device that makes a long loud sound as a signal or warning汽笛；警报器；警笛 an air-raid siren空袭警报器 A police car raced past with its siren wailing.一辆警车鸣着警报器飞驰而过。 Extra Examples The cars had stopped at the sound of the approaching siren.这些汽车听到愈来愈近的警笛声便停了下来。 The ships all sounded their sirens.轮船齐声鸣笛。 the blaring sirens of ambulances and police cars救护车和警车刺耳的笛声 Topics Law and justicec1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective approaching distant blaring … verb + siren put on sound switch on … siren + verb go go off sound … (in ancient Greek stories) any of a group of sea creatures that were part woman and part bird, or part woman and part fish, whose beautiful singing made sailors sail towards them into rocks or dangerous waters塞壬（古希腊神话中半人半鸟或半人半鱼的女海妖，以美妙歌声诱使水手驶向礁石或进入危险水域） a woman who is thought to be very attractive or beautiful but also dangerous被认为非常有吸引力或美丽但也很危险的女人 siren voices/song/call (literary) a temptation to do something that seems very attractive but that will have bad results做一些看似很有吸引力但会产生不良结果的事情的诱惑 The government must resist the siren voices calling for tax cuts.政府万万不可听信那些鼓吹减税的动听言辞。 Word OriginMiddle English (denoting an imaginary type of snake): from Old French sirene, from late Latin Sirena, feminine of Latin Siren, from Greek Seirēn.
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