聽令行事：siganal的用法解析

Change is the constant, the signAl for rebirth, the egg of the phoenix.

——Christina Baldwintin

變化是永恆的，它是重生的信號，是鳳凰的彩蛋。

——克里斯蒂娜·

一、下面我們來看看signal有幾種含義

n.

1.暗號 a movement or sound that you make to give sb information, instructions, a warning, etc.

Signals are made with flags or lamps.

用旗或燈傳遞暗號。

2.預兆 an event, an action, a fact, etc. that shows that sth exists or is likely to happen

The first warning signals came in March.

第一次警示出現在3月份。

3.信號 a piece of equipment that uses different coloured lights to tell drivers to go slower, stop, etc.

The signal transmitted between the end facilities is relayed around the obstruction by the repeater.

從一個端設備發送的信號由中繼站繞過障礙物轉發到另一個端設備。

4.動機；導火線 

The demonstration was the signal for the riot.

示威是暴動的導火線。

v.

1.發信號；用信號通知，示意 [I,T] to make a movement or sound to give sb a message, an order, etc.

He signaled the waiter to bring the menu.

他做手勢要侍者拿菜單來。

2.標誌 [T] to be a sign that sth exists or is likely to happen

Almost every culture has rituals to signal a change in one's life.

幾乎每一種文化都有儀式來標誌一個人生活的變化。

二、你知道signal和哪些詞更搭嗎？

distress signal

遇難信號,呼救信號

signal box

n.(鐵路上的)信號塔,(警察或火警系統的)警報箱

signal flag

n.信號旗,手旗

traffic signal

交通信號

三、來做個填詞遊戲

They beamed the         to the satellite.

他們向衛星定向發出無線電信號。