beacon
信标,烽火,烽火台,灯塔
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Definitions
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- : a guiding or warning signal, as a light or fire, especially one in an elevated position.
- : a tower or hill used for such purposes.
- : a lighthouse, signal buoy, etc., on a shore or at a dangerous area at sea to warn and guide vessels.
- : Navigation. radio beacon. a radar device at a fixed location that, upon receiving a radar pulse, transmits a reply pulse that enables the original sender to determine his or her position relative to the fixed location.
- : a person, act, or thing that warns or guides.
- : a person or thing that illuminates or inspires: The Bible has been our beacon during this trouble.
- : Digital Technology. web beacon.
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- : to serve as a beacon to; warn or guide.
- : to furnish or mark with beacons: a ship assigned to beacon the shoals.
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Examples
This year, with sales depressed by the coronavirus, pickup sales have been a beacon of strength for automakers, which are trying to make up for production lost when factories were forced to close earlier in the year.
In a Telegram message, Buterin rebutted Wood’s claims, pointing to Ethereum’s impending deployment of a new version of its blockchain called Beacon, and to a series of improvements related to privacy and transaction capacity.
For more than 100 years, the club sandwich has been a sturdy, protein-packed beacon of dependability.
To be sure, Cincinnati isn’t some ideal beacon of diversity.
Released by the insects, these airborne scents could act as an beacon.
For James, wearing the shirt was “more of a shout-out to the family more than anything,” he told the Akron Beacon Journal.
John Paul II told the European Union at the time that it was “a beacon of civilization.”
And my beloved Zimbabwe has sunk from a promising beacon into an abyss of greed and dictatorship.
But simultaneously, as indicated by his support for Beacon, journalism is still incredibly valuable to him.
I also think Christine Baranski is a beacon of light and I, too, would like to know what Josh Charles was thinking.
Those who follow her beacon faithfully will gradually rise to the solutions of the greatest problems.