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
siren的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 汽笛;警报器
  Asirenis 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。
• N-COUNT 妖艳而危险的女人;妖妇
  Some people refer to a woman as asirenwhen 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
• PHRASE 诱人的东西;诱惑
  Asiren callorsiren songis 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。

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• Police cars, their sirens wailing, accompanied the lorries
  警车护送着大卡车，一路警笛长鸣。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The sirens sounded, warning of a tornado.
  警报响了起来，警告飓风要来了。
• 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。
• Look, about the sirens and the strobe iights.
  瞧，关于那警报和闪光灯。
• 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。