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

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Noun

Her eyes blaze, her dancing reads as semaphore; a feeling of overkill, unsettling but necessary, pervades her every move.

Dan Piepenbring, Harper’s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022 It’s not a sentimental picture, but the gestures are intuitive, eloquent, easily read—an elemental semaphore of the human capacity to comfort.

Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2021 The main difference with this method is how the semaphore is initialized.

Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 2 Oct. 2020 Predictably, this area was a resource locked with a mutex semaphore.

Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 2 Oct. 2020 The dollar, which has fallen by 6% against a basket of currencies since March, is usually part of the semaphore.

The Economist, 11 June 2020 One dancer executed a series of semaphore-like movements, which the dancer on the next roof over tried to copy exactly, and so on down the line.

Brian Seibert, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2020 Giotto’s figures make simple, resonant gestures that are at once hauntingly isolated — like private semaphores — and vital markers in an unfolding communal narrative.

Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2020 The truck hit the rear of the car, rolled onto its side, left the road and hit a semaphore light.

Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 3 Oct. 2019

Verb

Poorly directed, singers semaphore conventional, unconvincing theatrical gestures that turn them right back into stock opera characters.

Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2021 The movie needs Winslet and Ronan’s skills, their ability to semaphore more with sliding glances and tiny gestures than many actors manage with pages of dialogue.

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2020 One of the many things the halted meteorological data gathering couldn’t do on such occasions was release the mutex semaphore to the high-priority bus management task.

Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 2 Oct. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Greek sēma sign, signal + International Scientific Vocabulary -phore

First Known Use

Noun

1815, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1838, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

单词	semaphores
释义	semaphore 1 of 2 noun sem·a·phore ˈse-mə-ˌfȯr 1 : an apparatus for visual signaling (as by the position of one or more movable arms) 2 : a system of visual signaling by two flags held one in each hand Illustration of semaphore alphabet; 3 positions following Z semaphore 2 of 2 verb semaphored; semaphoring transitive verb : to convey (information) by or as if by semaphore intransitive verb : to send signals by or as if by semaphore Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Noun Her eyes blaze, her dancing reads as semaphore; a feeling of overkill, unsettling but necessary, pervades her every move. Dan Piepenbring, Harper’s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022 It’s not a sentimental picture, but the gestures are intuitive, eloquent, easily read—an elemental semaphore of the human capacity to comfort. Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2021 The main difference with this method is how the semaphore is initialized. Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 2 Oct. 2020 Predictably, this area was a resource locked with a mutex semaphore. Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 2 Oct. 2020 The dollar, which has fallen by 6% against a basket of currencies since March, is usually part of the semaphore. The Economist, 11 June 2020 One dancer executed a series of semaphore-like movements, which the dancer on the next roof over tried to copy exactly, and so on down the line. Brian Seibert, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2020 Giotto’s figures make simple, resonant gestures that are at once hauntingly isolated — like private semaphores — and vital markers in an unfolding communal narrative. Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2020 The truck hit the rear of the car, rolled onto its side, left the road and hit a semaphore light. Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 3 Oct. 2019 Verb Poorly directed, singers semaphore conventional, unconvincing theatrical gestures that turn them right back into stock opera characters. Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2021 The movie needs Winslet and Ronan’s skills, their ability to semaphore more with sliding glances and tiny gestures than many actors manage with pages of dialogue. Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2020 One of the many things the halted meteorological data gathering couldn’t do on such occasions was release the mutex semaphore to the high-priority bus management task. Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 2 Oct. 2020 See More Word History Etymology Noun Greek sēma sign, signal + International Scientific Vocabulary -phore First Known Use Noun 1815, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Verb 1838, in the meaning defined at transitive sense Kids Definition semaphore noun sem·a·phore ˈse-mə-ˌfȯr 1 : a device for sending signals that can be seen by the receiver 2 : a system of sending signals with two flags held one in each hand semaphores noun plural of semaphore as in signalers Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance signalers signallers burgees tricolors black flags white flags union jacks wafts insignia crests flags badges buntings insignias Jolly Rogers pennants coats of arms gonfalons guidons pennons streamers colors standards banners ensigns banderoles banderols pendants jacks pendents
随便看	phalangidas Phalangidea phalangidean Phalangides phalangids right-center right-click right-clicked right-clicking right-down right-hand right-hand convention right-hand lady right-hand man right-hand regular lock right-hand reverse bevel right-hand reverse lock right-hand rope right-hand rule right-hand screw thread right-handed right-handed rope right-handed screw right-handed screw convention right-handedly

semaphore

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Illustration of semaphore

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