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单词 signpost
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signpostnoun [ C ]

uk/ˈsaɪn.pəʊst/us/ˈsaɪn.poʊst/

signpost noun [ C ] (ROAD SIGN)

B1 a pole at the side of a road, especially at a point where two or more roads meet, that gives information about routes and distances:

The signpost said "London 18 miles".

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Roads: lights, signs & markings on roads

  • amber
  • Belisha beacon
  • billboard
  • bollard
  • bus lane
  • cat's eyes
  • crossing
  • lamppost
  • milestone
  • P, p
  • pedestrian crossing
  • pelican crossing
  • reflector
  • robot
  • stoplight
  • street furniture
  • streetlight
  • thoroughfare
  • traffic cone
  • zebra crossing

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signpost noun [ C ] (SHOW FUTURE)

something that shows what is going to happen, or what should happen, in the future:

This upturn in the country's economy is a splendid signpost to the future.

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Showing and demonstrating

  • act
  • act sth out
  • attest
  • barometer
  • bespeak
  • bring
  • bring sth forward
  • disclose
  • flicker
  • manifestation
  • produce
  • prove
  • put up sth
  • radiate
  • revealing
  • says something about sb/sth idiom
  • strike
  • suggest
  • token
  • wear

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signpostverb

uk/ˈsaɪn.pəʊst/us/ˈsaɪn.poʊst/

signpost verb (ROAD SIGN)

[ T usually passive ] to show the direction of something on a signpost:

The road wasn't very well signposted (= provided with signposts).
We found where we were going very easily, because it was signposted (= the direction was shown by signposts) all the way.

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Roads: lights, signs & markings on roads

  • amber
  • Belisha beacon
  • billboard
  • bollard
  • bus lane
  • cat's eyes
  • crossing
  • lamppost
  • milestone
  • P, p
  • pedestrian crossing
  • pelican crossing
  • reflector
  • robot
  • stoplight
  • street furniture
  • streetlight
  • thoroughfare
  • traffic cone
  • zebra crossing

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signpost verb (SHOW FUTURE)

[ T ] to show clearly how something is going to develop:

The early chapters of the book signpost what is going to happen further on.

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Predicting things and intuition

  • augur
  • augury
  • bellwether
  • betcha
  • bode
  • far-sighted
  • intuit
  • intuition
  • intuitive
  • nasty
  • omen
  • projection
  • prophesy
  • prophetic
  • psychic
  • read sb's mind idiom
  • read sb's palm idiom
  • read the runes idiom
  • scent
  • visionary

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