beacon

英 [ˈbiːkən]

美 [ˈbiːkən]

n. (指引车船等的)灯标，灯塔; 立标; (导航)无线电信标台; (昔日)烽火

复数：beacons　现在分词：beaconing　过去式：beaconed　第三人称单数：beacons　过去分词：beaconed　

Collins.1 / BNC.10036 / COCA.10441

牛津词典

noun

（指引车船等的）灯标，灯塔；立标
a light that is placed somewhere to guide vehicles and warn them of danger
1. a navigation beacon
  航标灯
2. He was a beacon of hope for the younger generation.
  他是年轻一代的希望之灯。
（导航）无线电信标台
a radio station whose signal helps ships and aircraft to find their position
（昔日）烽火
(in the past) a fire lit on top of a hill as a signal

灯塔
Abeaconis a light or a fire, usually on a hill or tower, which acts as a signal or a warning.
N-COUNT 指路明灯；指引者；楷模
If someone acts as abeacon toother people, they inspire or encourage them.
1. Our Parliament has been a beacon of hope to the peoples of Europe...
  我们的国会一直是欧洲各族人民的希望之灯。
2. General Rudnicki was a moral beacon for many exiled Poles.
  鲁德尼茨基将军是众多被放逐的波兰人精神上的引路人。

noun

a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships
Synonym:lighthousebeacon lightpharos
a radio station that broadcasts a directional signal for navigational purposes
Synonym:radio beacon
a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance
Synonym:beacon fire

verb

It has been a beacon of elegance and grace!
它是指引优雅和格调的明灯！
Pilot beacon devices are available in the frequency shift and demodulation modes.
在频移和解调模式下，飞行导向设备是有效（可实现）的。
You inspire a smile from the heart of The Cafe of Dreams, like a beacon of light.
激励你的微笑发自内心的咖啡馆的梦，像一座灯塔的光。
Reduced the distance between gate and beacon in the3rd mission in the illegal activity sequence for level2and3.
等级2和3的“违法活动”任务中第三个系列任务中的加速轨道距离信标的间距被缩短了。
We want to be a beacon for the world.
我们想要成为世界的一座灯塔。
In an era of fading belief in US power and legitimacy, such philanthropy remains a beacon.
在人们对美国的实力和合法性逐渐失去信心的时代，这种慈善事业仍会是一座灯塔。
We give them the beacon of hope which lights all darkness.
我们要给予他们希望的灯塔，让它照亮整个黑暗。
Your mind shifts part of its awareness to this spot and acts like a homing beacon for your hand.
你的意识将它部分的知觉转移至这一点，就象是为你的手自动引导的灯塔。
We are a beacon of light in a parent's darkest night.
我们是一束光，照亮父母们最黑暗的夜晚。
Our Parliament has been a beacon of hope to the peoples of Europe
我们的国会一直是欧洲各族人民的希望之灯。