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siren

[ sahy-ruhn ]

noun

  1. Classical Mythology. one of several sea nymphs, part woman and part bird, who lure mariners to destruction by their seductive singing.
  2. a seductively beautiful or charming woman, especially one who beguiles men:

    a siren of the silver screen.

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  3. an acoustical instrument for producing musical tones, consisting essentially of a disk pierced with holes arranged equidistantly in a circle, rotated over a jet or stream of compressed air, steam, or the like, so that the stream is alternately interrupted and allowed to pass.
  4. an implement of this kind used as a whistle, fog signal, or warning device.
  5. any of several aquatic, eellike salamanders of the family Sirenidae, having permanent external gills, small forelimbs, and no posterior limbs.


adjective

  1. of or like a siren.
  2. seductive or tempting, especially dangerously or harmfully:

    the siren call of adventure.

verb (used without object)

  1. to go with the siren sounding, as a fire engine.

verb (used with object)

  1. to allure in the manner of a siren.

siren

/ 藞蝉补瑟蓹谤蓹苍 /

noun

  1. a device for emitting a loud wailing sound, esp as a warning or signal, typically consisting of a rotating perforated metal drum through which air or steam is passed under pressure
  2. sometimes capital Greek myth one of several sea nymphs whose seductive singing was believed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks the nymphs inhabited
    1. a woman considered to be dangerously alluring or seductive
    2. ( as modifier )

      her siren charms

  3. any aquatic eel-like salamander of the North American family Sirenidae, having external gills, no hind limbs, and reduced forelimbs
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 蝉颈顎价别苍路濒颈办别顎 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of siren1

1300鈥50; Middle English sereyn < Old French sereine < Late Latin 厂墨谤脓苍补, Latin 厂墨谤脓苍 < Greek 厂别颈谤岣梟
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of siren1

C14: from Old French sereine, from Latin 蝉墨谤脓苍, from Greek 蝉别颈谤脓苍
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It鈥檚 a touching moment for someone so often seen as the siren of Bravo, someone who goes through men like tissues.

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As the missile approached, sirens were activated in several parts of the country.

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She said she never heard the air raid siren go off at Bletchley Park which contrasted with her time in Wales.

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Footage posted on social media, as yet unverified by the BBC, showed people calmly heading for higher ground in Puerto Williams, with sirens blaring in the background.

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The following should be alarm sirens for anyone desperate for some hope that Trump's 鈥渟hock and awe鈥 campaign and political power are getting weaker.

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