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

• You can hear its loud sirens and see its bright lights.
  你可以听见它那大声的鸣笛声及看到那明亮的灯光。
• In the square's side streets, youths fought the police to the backdrop of unending ambulance sirens.
  在广场星期围的小巷上，年轻人在不绝于耳的救护车呼啸声中与警察进行着对抗。
• Sirens sounded an end to the red alert.
  警报声宣告了红色预警的结束。
• 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。
• As the police sirens were heard the crowd started to melt away.
  警笛一晌，人群就开始散开了。
• 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。
• Sirens pierced the silence of the night.
  警笛声划破了夜晚的宁静。
• We were off duty, but driving an unmarked take home police car with hidden lights and sirens.
  我们已下班，但驾驶无标志“带回家”警车，有隐藏式警灯和警笛。
• The spider jumped and it killed Mister, as the police sirens could be heard in the distance.
  蜘蛛扑到先生身上杀了他，此时远处传来了警笛声。