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semaphore

/sem-uh-fawr, -fohr/US // ˈsɛm əˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊr //UK // (ˈsɛməˌfɔː) //

旗语,旗帜,信号灯,旗标

Related Words

warn警告,警告说nod点头,点点头,点头示意,点赞wave挥手,挥,挥动,挥舞flash闪光,闪存,闪现,闪电communicate传达,传达信息,传递,传达意见sign签名,符号,标志,签署motion动议,动,动动,动动嘴wink眨眼,眨眼睛,挤眉弄眼,眨眼间flag旗帜,旗子,国旗,旗号beckon招手,召唤,招手礼,招呼gesticulate指指点点,指手画脚,指指点点的,比手划脚signalize发出信号,发信号,发放信号,打出信号gesture姿态,手势,姿势,势

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
    • : any of various devices for signaling by changing the position of a light, flag, etc.
    • : a system of signaling, especially a system by which a special flag is held in each hand and various positions of the arms indicate specific letters, numbers, etc.
  1. 1

    sem·a·phored, sem·a·phor·ing.

    • : to signal by semaphore or by some system of flags.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as insignal
Synonyms
warn警告,警告说beckon招手,召唤,招手礼,招呼communicate传达,传达信息,传递,传达意见flag旗帜,旗子,国旗,旗号flash闪光,闪存,闪现,闪电gesticulate指指点点,指手画脚,指指点点的,比手划脚gesture姿态,手势,姿势,势motion动议,动,动动,动动嘴nod点头,点点头,点头示意,点赞sign签名,符号,标志,签署signalize发出信号,发信号,发放信号,打出信号wave挥手,挥,挥动,挥舞wink眨眼,眨眼睛,挤眉弄眼,眨眼间

Examples

  • A sailor on her deck began to swing his arms in the curious semaphore language of the sea.

  • She flung wild arms of a semaphore signalling national events.

  • M. Chappe, the inventor of the semaphore, tried about the year 1790 to introduce a synchronous electric telegraph, and failed.

  • One instant I saw the banker toss his arms like a semaphore; the next we were overborne.

  • "Capital idea—semaphore—clever fellow, Jack," shouted Brand.

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