pharos
/fair-os/US // ˈfɛər ɒs //UK // (ˈfɛərɒs) //
法罗群岛,法洛斯,法罗,法罗人
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a small peninsula in northern Egypt, near Alexandria: site of ancient lighthouse built by Ptolemy.
- : the lighthouse on this peninsula.Compare Seven Wonders of the World.
- : any lighthouse or beacon to direct sailors.
Synonyms & Antonyms
as inbeacon
Forms: pharoses
Synonyms
flare扩口,扩音器,喇叭口,耀斑lantern花灯,灯笼,灯盏,灯具radar雷达,雷达上,雷达上显示的,雷达上的alarm警报,报警,惊动,闹钟alert警惕,提醒,警报,警觉balefire火球,火球术,火焰,秃鹰beam桴桴鼓鼓,桴桴鼓动,桴鼓动,桴桴鼓鸣bonfire篝火,篝火晚会,火堆,火焰guidepost指南针,指导思想,准则,指引者heliograph日光镜,日历表,日光仪,日影lamp灯,灯具,灯管,灯光lighthouse灯塔,岸边,岸边小屋,标的物lodestar宿命,宿主,宿命论,宿舍rocket火箭,火箭弹,火箭炮,火箭筒sign签名,符号,标志,签署watchtower瞭望塔,瞭望台,望楼,守望塔signal fire信号火,信号火灾,信号灯,信号火警smoke signal烟雾信号,烟雾讯号,烟幕信号,烟雾信号灯warning signal警告信号,警示信号,警报信号,预警信号
Examples
Even when the Pharos was reared, the primitive mode of illumination by means of wood or coal was employed.
He stood like a Pharos, and the light of his face kindled the crests of the living waves around him.
Proteus is called the Carpathian wizard because his cave was on the island of Pharos, or Carpathos.
The same year, the island of Pharos itself, originally seven furlongs distant from the continent, was joined to it by a causeway.
A handsome cutter, called ‘The Pharos,’ is stationed here as a tender to the lighthouse.
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