noun

siren

翻譯

警報器, 賽壬（希臘神話）, 妖婦

We heard the loud wail of a police siren.

我們聽到了警笛刺耳的尖嘯聲。

In the myth, sirens lured sailors to their death.

在神話中，賽壬用歌聲引誘水手走向死亡。

She was known as a silver screen siren.

她曾被譽為銀幕妖婦。

((a/the siren)) (警報裝置) I heard an ambulance siren.

((a/the siren)) (神話生物) The sailors were tempted by the sirens.

((a/the siren)) (危險的迷人女性) She was a siren of the silent film era.

同義詞: alarm, horn (警報聲); temptress, femme fatale (妖婦)

源自希臘語 'Seirēn'，即神話中用歌聲引誘水手的生物的名字。

想像救護車「警報器」的聲音——它是一種響亮、引人注意的呼喚，就像神話中賽壬的歌聲一樣。