beacons是什么意思？

beacons

• n. 灯塔( beacon的名词复数 )，烽火，指路明灯，无线电台或发射台；

例句

• A chain of beacons was lit across the region. 整个地区点起了一系列灯塔.
• Lighthouse and beacons flash at night. 晚上灯塔与信号台闪着光.
• He has transformed Chicago's sink schools into beacons of hope for parents and children. 他已经将芝加哥的几所条件不好的学校彻底变成了为家长和孩子们带来希望的好学校。
• Camp fires flared like beacons in the dark. 营火突然熊熊燃烧起来，看上去就像黑暗中的航标灯。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  灯塔
  A beacon is 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 a beacon to other people, they inspire or encourage them.
  例句
  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。 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。