semaphore 的 2 个定义
- 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.
sem·a·phored, sem·a·phor·ing.
- to signal by semaphore or by some system of flags.
semaphore 近义词
等同于 signal
更多semaphore例句
- 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.