siren

US [ˈsaɪrən]
UK ['saɪrən]
  • n.警报器；警笛；汽笛
  • adj.海妖一样的
  • v.(警车,救火车等)响着警报器驱车前进
  • Web塞壬；警报声；勿扰警告
Plural Form：sirens  

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siren
n.
1.
汽笛；警报器；警笛a device that makes a long loud sound as a signal or warning
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。
2.
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）(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
3.
妖冶而危险的女人；性感妖女a woman who is very attractive or beautiful but also dangerous
4.
~ voices/song/call
危险的诱惑the temptation to do sth that seems very attractive but that will have bad results
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。

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1.
'I had to ignore traffic signs and turn on the siren, ' he said. 'It was a bit risky, but I tried my best. '
他说，我不得不一路闯红灯，还打开了警笛。这有点危险，但我尽力了。
tā shuō , wǒ bù dé bù yí lù chuǎng hóng dēng , hái dǎ kāi le jǐng dí 。 zhè yǒu diǎn wēi xiǎn , dàn wǒ jìn lì le 。
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2.
In this case, it was the swell of an emergency siren, like those used for air raids or tornadoes , which I've never heard before in Beijing.
此刻，声嘶力竭的是在城市上空不断膨胀的警笛声，就像遭遇袭击或龙卷风时的警报，我之前从来没在北京听到过。
cǐ kè , shēng sī lì jié de shì zài chéng shì shàng kōng bú duàn péng zhàng de jǐng dí shēng , jiù xiàng zāo yù xí jī huò lóng juǎn fēng shí de jǐng bào , wǒ zhī qián cóng lái méi zài běi jīng tīng dào guò 。
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3.
To be honest, if I were on a reading retreat at the Castello di Galeazzo, I doubt I'd be able to resist the siren song of nearby Bologna.
老实说，如果我是在一个加莱亚扎城堡阅读闭关，我怀疑我是否能够抵挡博洛尼亚附近迷人的歌声。
lǎo shí shuō , rú guǒ wǒ shì zài yī gè jiā lái yà zhā chéng bǎo yuè dú bì guān , wǒ huái yí wǒ shì fǒu néng gòu dǐ dǎng bó luò ní yà fù jìn mí rén de gē shēng 。
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4.
The siren went off in the middle of the night to warn that there was going to be an air attack.
半夜响起了警报，警告人们将有空袭。
bàn yè xiǎng qǐ le jǐng bào , jǐng gào rén men jiāng yǒu kōng xí 。
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5.
or of all those who stop work as soon as soon as the siren goes, no matter how much waste and damage is caused.
或所有那些停止工作，他们很快就会尽快警报器走，不管多少浪费和造成损坏的。
huò suǒ yǒu nà xiē tíng zhǐ gōng zuò , tā men hěn kuài jiù huì jǐn kuài jǐng bào qì zǒu , bù guǎn duō shao làng fèi hé zào chéng sǔn huài de 。
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6.
What I remember most about my one visit to New York was the fact that I could always hear a siren somewhere in the distance.
关于我到纽约的一次访问，我记得最多的是我经常听到从远处不知名的地方传来的警笛声。
guān yú wǒ dào niǔ yuē de yī cì fǎng wèn , wǒ jì de zuì duō de shì wǒ jīng cháng tīng dào cóng yuǎn chù bù zhī míng de dì fang chuán lái de jǐng dí shēng 。
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7.
One of his memories of the war was sitting in the dark air-raid shelters waiting for the siren to sound the all-clear.
他对战争的一种记忆便是坐在黑暗的防空洞里，等候汽笛拉响解除空袭警报。
tā duì zhàn zhēng de yī zhǒng jì yì biàn shì zuò zài hēi àn de fáng kōng dòng lǐ , děng hòu qì dí lā xiǎng jiě chú kōng xí jǐng bào 。
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8.
Reporters interviewed a random passing of Mr. Wang, said he has heard the air-raid siren, but we did not respond, so he would not think.
记者随机采访了路过的王先生，他表示有听到防空警报，但是大家都没有反应，所以他觉得也没什么。
jì zhě suí jī cǎi fǎng le lù guò de wáng xiān sheng , tā biǎo shì yǒu tīng dào fáng kōng jǐng bào , dàn shì dà jiā dōu méi yǒu fǎn yìng , suǒ yǐ tā jué de yě méi shén me 。
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9.
This exploits the Doppler effect familiar when a siren changes pitch as the fire engine on which it is mounted speeds past you.
这种方式利用的是多普勒效应原理——当消防车从你身旁一闪而过时，上面装着的警报器的音高就会发生改变，这点大家很熟悉。
zhè zhǒng fāng shì lì yòng de shì duō pǔ lè xiào yìng yuán lǐ — — dāng xiāo fáng chē cóng nǐ shēn páng yī shǎn ér guò shí , shàng mian zhuāng zhe de jǐng bào qì de yīn gāo jiù huì fā shēng gǎi biàn , zhè diǎn dà jiā hěn shú xī 。
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10.
He made out of the cabin at once on hearing the siren .
过去我们常会在晚上听到火车的汽笛声。
guò qù wǒ men cháng huì zài wǎn shang tīng dào huǒ chē de qì dí shēng 。
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