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

• Sirens pierced the silence of the night.
  警笛声划破了夜晚的宁静。
• I was carted off in an ambulance with the sirens blaring.
  我被一路鸣笛的救护车带走了。
• 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。
• Almost the only sounds were those of house alarms, ambulance sirens and rescue workers'earth movers.
  仅有的声音来自于房屋警报声，救护车的鸣笛和救援人员搬动废墟的声响。
• The public opinion cops switched on their sirens.
  舆论警察们拉响了警报。
• 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。
• The sirens broke the silence of the night.
  这一夜又在打不破的寂静中度过去了。号笛声划破了寂静的夜空。
• 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。
• The fire engines were just pulling up, sirens blaring
  消防车正要停下来，警报器发出刺耳的声音。
• 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。