a + siren (indefinite, countable noun)
指希腊神话中半鸟半女人的海妖,用歌声引诱水手。
The sailors were lured by a siren.
水手们被一个女海妖引诱了。
警报器;警笛
sirens — plural of siren
危险而妖艳的女子;祸水;塞壬;以歌声引诱水手的海妖;歌喉迷人的歌手;海牛;儒艮;鳗螈
a device that gives a loud wailing signal as an alarm, or the sound it makes
歌唱甜美并迷人的人。
One who sings sweetly and charms.
半人半鸟的海妖,传说用歌声引诱船员触礁身亡
a sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived
妖媚诱人的女子。
A dangerously seductive woman.
妖艳危险的女人;祸水
a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive
海牛目哺乳动物的一种。
A member of Sirenia, an order of mammals.
发出刺耳鸣响的警报信号;汽笛
a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound
鳗螈属水生蝾螈的一种,通常指鳗螈科所有物种。
A member of a genus of aquatic salamanders of the family Sirenidae, commonly used for all species in the family Sirenidae.
紫蛱蝶属的多种蛱蝶。
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Hestina.
一种机械或电子装置,发出刺耳的警报声或信号声;或该装置发出的声音。
A device, either mechanical or electronic, that makes a piercingly loud sound as an alarm or signal, or the sound from such a device.
一种乐器,是交响乐团打击乐组中罕见的气鸣乐器之一(1895年以Acme Siren获得专利)。
A musical instrument, one of the few aerophones in the percussion section of the symphony orchestra (patented as Acme Siren in 1895).
用于演示拍频和组合音律的仪器。
An instrument for demonstrating the laws of beats and combination tones.
可用于计算宇宙距离的天体物理事件。
An astrophysical event that can be used for calculating cosmic distances.
In Greek mythology, the siren's beautiful voice led sailors to their doom.
在希腊神话中,女海妖的美妙歌声将水手引向死亡。
用法提示:此处 'siren' 指神话中的女海妖,名词。
The police car's siren blared as it sped down the street.
警车的警报器在街上疾驰时响了起来。
用法提示:此处 'siren' 指警报器,名词。
She was a siren, captivating everyone with her charm.
她是个妖女,用魅力迷住了所有人。
用法提示:此处 'siren' 比喻迷人的美女,名词。
指希腊神话中半鸟半女人的海妖,用歌声引诱水手。
The sailors were lured by a siren.
水手们被一个女海妖引诱了。
指发出响亮警告声的装置,如消防车或警车上的。
The siren woke everyone up at midnight.
警报器在午夜把所有人都吵醒了。
所有格形式,通常用于形容海妖的歌声等特征。
The siren's song was irresistible to the sailors.
女海妖的歌声对水手们来说无法抗拒。
alarm更通用,可指任何警报装置或声音;siren特指警车、救护车等的鸣笛声
warning不限于声音,包括视觉信号;siren特指响亮的声音警告
alert可指状态或通知,siren是具体的声音装置
grammar · medium
易错句子The police car has siren.
正确表达The police car has a siren.
siren 是可数名词,中文学习者常遗漏冠词,英语中可数名词单数前需要冠词
grammar · medium
易错句子In Greek mythology, sirens are half-woman half-fish.
正确表达In Greek mythology, sirens are half-woman half-bird.
希腊神话中塞壬是半人半鸟的女妖,常被误认为是美人鱼(半人半鱼),需区分二者
与siren作为‘妖艳危险的女人’的义项相对
与siren作为‘警报器’的义项相对
Mermaid指童话中的美人鱼(上半身人下半身鱼),而siren指希腊神话中用歌声引诱水手致死的女海妖(半鸟半女)。两者中文常误译。
Alarm泛指任何警报装置(如火警、闹钟),而siren特指发出刺耳声音的报警器(常用于警车、救护车)。
海妖的歌声(比喻致命的诱惑)
The sailor was lured by the siren's song and crashed his ship onto the rocks.
水手被海妖的歌声引诱,船只撞上礁石。
诱惑性的召唤
The promise of easy money is a siren call that many cannot resist.
轻松赚钱的承诺是许多人无法抗拒的诱惑。
警笛
I heard the police siren approaching from behind.
我听到警笛从后面逼近。
救护车警报器
The ambulance siren wailed as it rushed through the busy streets.
救护车警报器呼啸着穿过繁忙的街道。
警报器尖鸣
The siren wailing in the night startled everyone awake.
夜里警报器的尖鸣把所有人都惊醒了。
siren + song
siren + -ic
siren + -ian
siren + -like
air-raid + siren
与警报器相关,表示警告或提醒的信号
常与汽笛一起用于车辆或船舶的声响警告
形容警报声的尖锐长鸣
警报器常在紧急情况下使用
警报器是一种特定的声音信号装置
致命的诱惑
The siren call of fame drove her to make risky decisions.
名声的致命诱惑驱使她做出冒险的决定。
诱惑
He couldn't resist the siren song of easy money.
他无法抵挡轻松赚钱的诱惑。
像警报器一样尖叫
The toddler wailed like a siren when his toy was taken away.
当玩具被拿走时,那个幼儿像警报器一样哇哇大哭。
塞壬迷人的歌声引诱水手走向灭亡。
In Homer's Odyssey, Odysseus encounters the Sirens and has his crew plug their ears with wax.
在荷马的《奥德赛》中,奥德修斯遇到塞壬,让船员用蜡堵住耳朵。
开阔公路的诱惑难以抗拒。
This line from the movie 'Easy Rider' captures the lure of freedom.
这句出自电影《逍遥骑士》的台词捕捉了自由的诱惑。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.