sirens

英 [ˈsaɪərənz]

美 [ˈsaɪrənz]

n.  汽笛; 警报器; 塞壬(古希腊神话中半人半鸟或半人半鱼的女海妖，以美妙歌声诱使航海者驶向礁石或进入危险水域); 妖冶而危险的女人; 性感妖女
siren的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 汽笛;警报器
  Asirenis a warning device which makes a long, loud noise. Most fire engines, ambulances, and police cars have sirens.
  1. It sounds like an air raid siren.
     那听起来像是空袭警报。
• N-COUNT 妖艳而危险的女人;妖妇
  Some people refer to a woman as asirenwhen they think that she is attractive to men but dangerous in some way.
  1. He depicts her as a siren who has drawn him to his ruin.
     他把她描述成是红颜祸水——就是她毁掉了自己。
  2. ...the voluptuous siren with a husky voice.
     这个声音沙哑、性感迷人的妖女
• PHRASE 诱人的东西;诱惑
  Asiren callorsiren songis the appeal that something has although it is harmful or dangerous.
  1. Unable to resist the siren call of the cards, he withdrew their savings and headed for Las Vegas...
     他无法抵挡赌牌的诱惑，便提取了他们的存款前往拉斯韦加斯。
  2. He said the United States was not willing to engage in a search for partial solutions — to succumb, as he put it, to a siren song.
     他说美国不愿意参与仅仅解决部分问题的方案的探索——按照他的说法，这种做法就是向诱惑低头。

双语例句

• Inside of each of you, there are sirens, honking horns and gridlock.
  在我们每个人的心中，都有警笛声，车喇叭声和交通拥堵。
• Look, about the sirens and the strobe iights.
  瞧，关于那警报和闪光灯。
• Look, about the sirens and the strobe lights.
  听着，关于这警报和这些灯光。
• Well, I turned on the lights and sirens, and got on the PA system announcing ourselves as police officers.
  嗯，我开了警灯和警笛，并上了扩音系统宣布我们是警察。
• The public opinion cops switched on their sirens.
  舆论警察们拉响了警报。
• The sirens sounded, warning of a tornado.
  警报响了起来，警告飓风要来了。
• Sirens pierced the silence of the night.
  警笛声划破了夜晚的宁静。
• Sirens sounded an end to the red alert.
  警报声宣告了红色预警的结束。
• We were off duty, but driving an unmarked take home police car with hidden lights and sirens.
  我们已下班，但驾驶无标志“带回家”警车，有隐藏式警灯和警笛。
• Odysseus and his sailors managed to escape the sirens.
  奥德修斯和他的水手逃离了塞壬。