siren

noun

1. eellike aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs
have permanent external gills

2. an acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning

3. a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound

4. a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive

Synonym: enchantresstemptressDelilahfemme fatale

1. 汽笛;警报器
A siren is a warning device which makes a long, loud noise. Most fire engines, ambulances, and police cars have sirens.

e.g. It sounds like an air raid siren.
那听起来像是空袭警报。

2. 妖艳而危险的女人;妖妇
Some people refer to a woman as a siren when they think that she is attractive to men but dangerous in some way.

e.g. 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。
e.g. ...the voluptuous siren with a husky voice.
这个声音沙哑、性感迷人的妖女

3. 诱人的东西;诱惑
A siren call or siren song is the appeal that something has although it is harmful or dangerous.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

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1. 汽笛：此外,7月15日他们还将推出一张名为<>(Minotaur)的精选合集,目前定价高达450美元. 除了巡演之外,大公国还将参加一些夏季音乐节,例如6月18日纽约的汽笛(Siren)音乐节 ,7月25日芝加哥的维克公园(Wicker Park)音乐节.

2. 验音盘：不过,我们以1819年卡尼亚尔所发明的验音盘(siren)来说明. 塞伦施(Sirens)本来是希腊神话里三个半人半禽的海上女妖,歌声曼妙,过往舟子耳惑五音不能自己,往往投海殒灭. 因此船只航经塞伦施所居的岛屿时,船上的人都塞耳摒声.