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单词 beaconless
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
bea•con /ˈbikən/USA pronunciation  n. [countable]
  1. a guiding signal, as a light, esp. one in a high position.
  2. a tower used for such purposes.
  3. Nautical, Naval Termsa lighthouse, signal buoy in the water, etc., to warn and guide vessels.
  4. Naval Terms, Nautical
    • , Nautical, Naval Terms radio beacon.
    • a radio device sending out a signal as an aid to navigation.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
bea•con  (bēkən),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a guiding or warning signal, as a light or fire, esp. one in an elevated position.
  2. a tower or hill used for such purposes.
  3. Nautical, Naval Termsa lighthouse, signal buoy, etc., on a shore or at a dangerous area at sea to warn and guide vessels.
  4. [Navig.]
    • Naval TermsSee radio beacon. 
    • Nauticala 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.
  5. a person, act, or thing that warns or guides.
  6. a person or thing that illuminates or inspires:The Bible has been our beacon during this trouble.

v.t. 
  1. to serve as a beacon to;
    warn or guide.
  2. to furnish or mark with beacons:a ship assigned to beacon the shoals.

v.i. 
  1. to serve or shine as a beacon:A steady light beaconed from the shore.
  • bef. 950; Middle English beken, Old English bēacen sign, signal; cognate with Old Frisian bāken, Old Saxon bōkan, Old High German bouhhan
beacon•less, adj. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged beam, buoy, pharos; signal fire; balefire.

Bea•con  (bēkən),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Place Namesa city in SE New York. 12,937.

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