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- signal ['sɪgnl]
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1.
noun
[c]
(to do sth) 信号
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2.
noun
(indication) 暗示
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3.
noun
[railway]
信号机
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4.
noun
[electronics]
信号
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5.
vi.
to signal (to sb) (with gesture, sound) （向某人）示意
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6.
vi.
[Auto]
(with indicator) 开信号灯示意
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7.
vt.
[+message]
用信号示意
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8.
vt.
[+person]
向...打手势示意
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9.
vt.
(indicate) 标志着
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10.
adjective
[frm]
[+triumph, failure]
显著的
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1.
noun
[c]
(to do sth) 信号
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- signal ['sɪgnəl]
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n
any sign, gesture, token, etc, that serves to communicate information
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2.
n
anything that acts as an incitement to action
- the rise in prices was a signal for rebellion
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3.
n
a variable parameter, such as a current or electromagnetic wave, by which information is conveyed through an electronic circuit, communications system, etc
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4.
n
the information so conveyed
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5.
n
(as modifier)
- signal strength
- a signal generator
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6.
adj
distinguished or conspicuous
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7.
adj
used to give or act as a signal
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8.
vb
to communicate (a message, etc) to (a person)
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9.
vb
[Etymology]
C16: from Old French seignal, from Medieval Latin sign
a le, from Latin signumsign
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1.
n
any sign, gesture, token, etc, that serves to communicate information
Examples
- the busy signal
- (电话)占线信号 → busy
- the Signal Corps
- 通信兵(种) → corps
- to signal a question by a rising inflection
- 用升调表示一个疑问句 → inflection
- a stop signal
- 停止信号 → stop
- My phone signal is always very noisy.
- 我的电话信号总伴有杂音。 → noisy
- You can use other wires to reduce the noise of the signal.
- 你可以采用其它线材来降低信噪。 → noise
- If you called my office Saturday morning, you would have gotten a busy signal.
- 你要是周六早上给我办公室打电话，你就能听到占线的声音。 → busy signal
- a block signal → block
- he was booked for ignoring a traffic signal → book
- a signal box on a railway → box
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