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beckoning

/bek-uhn/US // ˈbɛk ən //UK // (ˈbɛkən) //

招手,召唤,呼唤,唤起

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Definitions

  1. 1
    • : to signal, summon, or direct by a gesture of the head or hand.
    • : to lure; entice.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a nod, gesture, etc., that signals, directs, summons, indicates agreement, or the like.

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Examples

  • I found it beckoning, almost like a mirage, in the form of the Vino Volo wine bar.

  • Before she had time to think of a retort, Linda saw Tania beckoning her.

  • He was the P.T. Barnum of the cyber-circus, perpetually barking and beckoning his customers into the freak show.

  • Fame used to be an exceptional circumstance in American life, now it is more like a permanent beckoning condition.

  • If God put a "will" on Adam's back, and the will followed the beckoning finger of Eve, whose fault was that?

  • Not until it was repeated more loudly, and imperatively, did he turn to see Fortunio beckoning him.

  • When the man had finished, Clip said something in a sharp tone and started down the slope, beckoning Matt to follow.

  • Isabel's theory of life—for women of her make—had not altered a whit, but the beckoning finger had lost its vigor.

  • Just before reaching the river we heard shouts behind us, and saw a man beckoning and running after us.