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 may be a beacon to you in the darkness.
但愿它成为你用来照亮黑暗的指明灯。
External content used to identify you in this way is called a web beacon.
用这种方式对您进行标识的外部内容被称为web信号。
It has been a beacon of elegance and grace.
它成为了高尚和优雅的指向标。
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。
The new education program offers a beacon of hope to these children.
这一新的教育计划为这些孩子们提供了一座希望的灯塔。
We want to be a beacon for the world.
我们想要成为世界的一座灯塔。
Ideal is the beacon life navigation, we every person should have his own ideal.
内容主要说明：理想是人生导航的灯塔，我们每个人都应该有自己的理想。
It is a kind of application which uses laser as collimation light in the laser beacon.
自准水平激光仪是利用激光作为准直光，广泛应用于地面平整、地面处理和渠道挖掘等方面。
Search and rescue beacon equipment
搜索和救援信标设备
The aircraft pilots picked up signals from a radio beacon.
飞机驾驶员听到了无线电航空信标的信号。