英语词汇“smoke-signal”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

smoke-signal n. a column of smoke used as a signal (cf. sense 2a); also transferred and figurative.

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smoke1697

smoke-signal1873

smoke rocket1891

Indian sign1906

smoke candle1932

smoke canister1973

1873 S. W. Cozzens Marvellous Country iv. 65 After leaving the Organos Mountains we had noticed Indian smoke-signals.

1923 Beaver Dec. 108 Another smoke signal was seen curling upward away to the north.

1944 Living off Land: Man. Bushcraft iv. 84 A very useful mode of attracting attention is by means of smoke signals.

1962 Amer. Speech 37 135 Smoke signals, n. Sometimes trains were taken on a logging railroad without authority. The men had to keep a sharp lookout for smoke from other trains in order to get onto a side track or to back up quickly: ‘We had to watch for smoke signals.’

1978 Times 20 Jan. 4/8 Mr Enoch Powell['s]..delphic remarks certainly got Mrs Thatcher asking herself what smoke signals he intended.

单词	smoke-signal
释义	> as lemmas smoke-signal smoke-signal n. a column of smoke used as a signal (cf. sense 2a); also transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > signalling > visual signalling > smoke signals > [noun] smoke1697 smoke-signal1873 smoke rocket1891 Indian sign1906 smoke candle1932 smoke canister1973 1873 S. W. Cozzens Marvellous Country iv. 65 After leaving the Organos Mountains we had noticed Indian smoke-signals. 1923 Beaver Dec. 108 Another smoke signal was seen curling upward away to the north. 1944 Living off Land: Man. Bushcraft iv. 84 A very useful mode of attracting attention is by means of smoke signals. 1962 Amer. Speech 37 135 Smoke signals, n. Sometimes trains were taken on a logging railroad without authority. The men had to keep a sharp lookout for smoke from other trains in order to get onto a side track or to back up quickly: ‘We had to watch for smoke signals.’ 1978 Times 20 Jan. 4/8 Mr Enoch Powell['s]..delphic remarks certainly got Mrs Thatcher asking herself what smoke signals he intended. extracted from smoken. < as lemmas
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