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
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柯林斯词典

  1. N-COUNT 汽笛;警报器
    A siren is a warning device which makes a long, loud noise. Most fire engines, ambulances, and police cars have sirens.
    1. It sounds like an air raid siren.
      那听起来像是空袭警报。
  2. N-COUNT 妖艳而危险的女人;妖妇
    Some people refer to a woman as a siren when they think that she is attractive to men but dangerous in some way.
    1. 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。
    2. ...the voluptuous siren with a husky voice.
      这个声音沙哑、性感迷人的妖女
  3. PHRASE 诱人的东西;诱惑
    A siren call or siren song is the appeal that something has although it is harmful or dangerous.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。
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双语例句

  1. The fire engines were just pulling up, sirens blaring
    消防车正要停下来，警报器发出刺耳的声音。
  2. 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。
  3. Sirens sounded an end to the red alert.
    警报声宣告了红色预警的结束。
  4. She heard the sirens scream their unearthly wail.
    她听到警报器发出可怕的尖叫声。
  5. Police cars, their sirens wailing, accompanied the lorries
    警车护送着大卡车，一路警笛长鸣。
  6. 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。
  7. One of the women, another of those sirens, haughtily regarded us as we talked.
    那些女人中的一个，又是那种妖妇，在我们谈话的时候傲慢地看着我们。
  8. Look, about the sirens and the strobe iights.
    瞧，关于那警报和闪光灯。
  9. I only remember a frenzy of ambulances and long clean sirens cleaving the silence of that damp October night.
    我只记得救护车的鸣笛声和长长的刺耳的警笛声划破了阴冷的十月的夜晚的安静。
  10. Odysseus and his sailors managed to escape the sirens.
    奥德修斯和他的水手逃离了塞壬。
  11. Since World War I, FWS has been the leading manufacturer of warning sirens.
    自第一次世界大战时起，FWS已经成为了警报器生产行业中的领军人物。
  12. Look, about the sirens and the strobe lights.
    听着，关于这警报和这些灯光。
  13. 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。
  14. Sirens pierced the silence of the night.
    警笛声划破了夜晚的宁静。
  15. The sirens sounded, warning of a tornado.
    警报响了起来，警告飓风要来了。
  16. In Homer's Odyssey, Odysseus is warned by Circe that he will pass the sirens island.
    在荷马的《奥德赛》中，瑟茜警告奥德修斯他将经过赛壬岛。
  17. In big cities you hear police sirens all the time.
    在大城市里，你总能听到警笛声。
  18. The sirens broke the silence of the night.
    这一夜又在打不破的寂静中度过去了。号笛声划破了寂静的夜空。
  19. 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。
  20. As the police sirens were heard the crowd started to melt away.
    警笛一晌，人群就开始散开了。
  21. In the square's side streets, youths fought the police to the backdrop of unending ambulance sirens.
    在广场星期围的小巷上，年轻人在不绝于耳的救护车呼啸声中与警察进行着对抗。
  22. Almost the only sounds were those of house alarms, ambulance sirens and rescue workers'earth movers.
    仅有的声音来自于房屋警报声，救护车的鸣笛和救援人员搬动废墟的声响。
  23. The raucous sirens of the tugs came in from the river.
    河上传来拖轮发出的沙哑的汽笛声。
  24. Around one in the morning the sirens went off.
    约摸在清晨一时光景，警报拉响了。
  25. Inside of each of you, there are sirens, honking horns and gridlock.
    在我们每个人的心中，都有警笛声，车喇叭声和交通拥堵。
  26. The public opinion cops switched on their sirens.
    舆论警察们拉响了警报。
  27. I was carted off in an ambulance with the sirens blaring.
    我被一路鸣笛的救护车带走了。
  28. The lights were out, sirens were going off, search lights, the whole world War II experience.
    灯光熄灭，警报也停了，探照灯亮了，就像经历二次大战。
  29. You can hear its loud sirens and see its bright lights.
    你可以听见它那大声的鸣笛声及看到那明亮的灯光。
  30. We were off duty, but driving an unmarked take home police car with hidden lights and sirens.
    我们已下班，但驾驶无标志“带回家”警车，有隐藏式警灯和警笛。
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