siren 音标拼音: [s'ɑɪrən]
n . 女海妖,妖女,警报器,汽笛,迷人的美女
a . 诱惑的
vi . 响着警报器前进
女海妖,妖女,警报器,汽笛,迷人的美女诱惑的响着警报器前进
Siren n 1 :
a sea nymph (
part woman and part bird )
supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived ;
"
Odysseus ordered his crew to plug their ears so they would not hear the Siren '
s fatal song "
2 :
a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive [
synonym :
{
enchantress }, {
temptress }, {
siren }, {
Delilah }, {
femme fatale }]
3 :
a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound 4 :
an acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning 5 :
eellike aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs ;
have permanent external gills Siren \
Si "
ren \,
n . [
L .,
fr .
Gr . ???:
cf .
F .
sir [`
e ]
ne .]
1 . (
Class .
Myth .)
One of three sea nymphs , --
or ,
according to some writers ,
of two , --
said to frequent an island near the coast of Italy ,
and to sing with such sweetness that they lured mariners to destruction .
[
1913 Webster ]
Next where the sirens dwell you plow the seas ;
Their song is death ,
and makes destruction please .
--
Pope .
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2 .
An enticing ,
dangerous woman . --
Shak .
[
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3 .
Something which is insidious or deceptive .
[
1913 Webster ]
Consumption is a siren . --
W .
Irving .
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4 .
A mermaid . [
Obs .] --
Shak .
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1913 Webster ]
5 . (
Zool .)
Any long ,
slender amphibian of the genus {
Siren }
or family {
Sirenidae },
destitute of hind legs and pelvis ,
and having permanent external gills as well as lungs .
They inhabit the swamps ,
lagoons ,
and ditches of the Southern United States .
The more common species ({
Siren lacertina })
is dull lead -
gray in color ,
and becames two feet long .
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1913 Webster ]
6 . [
F .
sir [`
e ]
ne ,
properly ,
a siren in sense 1 .] (
Acoustics )
An instrument for producing musical tones and for ascertaining the number of sound waves or vibrations per second which produce a note of a given pitch .
The sounds are produced by a perforated rotating disk or disks .
A form with two disks operated by steam or highly compressed air is used sounding an alarm to vessels in fog . [
Written also {
sirene },
and {
syren }.]
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1913 Webster ]
Siren \
Si "
ren \,
a .
Of or pertaining to a siren ;
bewitching ,
like a siren ;
fascinating ;
alluring ;
as ,
a siren song .
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1913 Webster ]
200 Moby Thesaurus words for "
siren ":
Circe ,
Davy ,
Davy Jones ,
Don Juan ,
Dylan ,
Euryale ,
Gorgon ,
Jezebel ,
Klaxon ,
Lorelei ,
Mayday ,
Medea ,
Medusa ,
Neptune ,
Nereid ,
Nereus ,
Oceanid ,
Oceanus ,
Parthenope ,
Poseidon ,
SOS ,
Siren ,
Stheno ,
Thetis ,
Triton ,
Varuna ,
air -
raid alarm ,
alarm ,
alarm bell ,
alarm clock ,
alarm signal ,
alarum ,
alert ,
all clear ,
alluring ,
appealing ,
appetizing ,
attracting ,
attractive ,
beacon ,
beguiling ,
beldam ,
bewitcher ,
bewitching ,
bitch -
kitty ,
blandishing ,
blinking light ,
boiler factory ,
boiler room ,
bull -
roarer ,
burglar alarm ,
buzzer ,
cajoling ,
captivating ,
catcall ,
catching ,
charismatic ,
charmer ,
charming ,
cherry bomb ,
clack ,
clacker ,
clapper ,
coaxing ,
come -
hither ,
coquette ,
coquettish ,
cracker ,
cricket ,
crostarie ,
drawing ,
enchanter ,
enchanting ,
enchantress ,
engaging ,
enravishing ,
enthralling ,
enticer ,
enticing ,
entrancing ,
exciting ,
exotic ,
fascinating ,
femme fatale ,
fetching ,
fiery cross ,
fire alarm ,
fire bell ,
fire flag ,
firecracker ,
five -
minute gun ,
flashing light ,
flirt ,
flirtatious ,
fog bell ,
fog signal ,
foghorn ,
fresh -
water nymph ,
fury ,
gale warning ,
glamorous ,
grimalkin ,
hag ,
hellcat ,
hellhag ,
hooter ,
horn ,
hue and cry ,
hurricane warning ,
hypnotic ,
interesting ,
intriguing ,
inveigler ,
inviting ,
irresistible ,
kelpie ,
lighthouse ,
limniad ,
magnetic ,
man fish ,
mermaid ,
merman ,
mesmeric ,
mouth -
watering ,
naiad ,
nix ,
nixie ,
noisemaker ,
note of alarm ,
occulting light ,
ocean nymph ,
piquant ,
police whistle ,
prepossessing ,
provocative ,
provoquant ,
rattle ,
rattlebox ,
ravishing ,
sea devil ,
sea god ,
sea nymph ,
sea -
maid ,
sea -
maiden ,
seaman ,
seducer ,
seducing ,
seductive ,
seductress ,
she -
devil ,
she -
wolf ,
signal ,
signal of distress ,
sirenic ,
small -
craft warning ,
snapper ,
sorceress ,
spellbinder ,
spellbinding ,
spellful ,
steam whistle ,
still alarm ,
storm cone ,
storm flag ,
storm warning ,
taking ,
tantalizing ,
teaser ,
teasing ,
tempter ,
tempting ,
temptress ,
termagant ,
tickling ,
ticktack ,
tigress ,
titillating ,
titillative ,
tocsin ,
two -
minute gun ,
undine ,
upside -
down flag ,
vamp ,
vampire ,
virago ,
vixen ,
wailer ,
warble ,
warning ,
water god ,
water spirit ,
water sprite ,
whistle ,
whizgig ,
whizzer ,
wildcat ,
winning ,
winsome ,
witch ,
witching
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