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si·ren
/ˈsaɪrən, ||saɪˈrin/
女海妖,妖女,警報器,汽笛,迷人的美女(a.)誘惑的(vi.)響著警報器前進
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Si·ren
n.
1.
Class. Myth.
One
of
three
sea
nymphs
, --
or
,
according
to
some
writers
,
of
two
, --
said
to
frequent
an
island
near
the
coast
of
Italy
,
and
to
sing
with
such
sweetness
that
they
lured
mariners
to
destruction
.
Next
where
the
sirens
dwell
you
plow
the
seas
;
Their
song
is
death
,
and
makes
destruction
please
. --
Pope
.
2.
An
enticing
,
dangerous
woman
.
3.
Something
which
is
insidious
or
deceptive
.
Consumption
is
a
siren
.
--
W
.
Irving
.
4.
A
mermaid
. [
Obs
.]
5.
Zool.
Any
long
,
slender
amphibian
of
the
genus
Siren
or
family
Sirenidae
,
destitute
of
hind
legs
and
pelvis
,
and
having
permanent
external
gills
as
well
as
lungs
.
They
inhabit
the
swamps
,
lagoons
,
and
ditches
of
the
Southern
United
States
.
The
more
common
species
(
Siren lacertina
)
is
dull
lead-gray
in
color
,
and
becames
two
feet
long
.
6.
Acoustics
An
instrument
for
producing
musical
tones
and
for
ascertaining
the
number
of
sound
waves
or
vibrations
per
second
which
produce
a
note
of
a
given
pitch
.
The
sounds
are
produced
by
a
perforated
rotating
disk
or
disks
.
A
form
with
two
disks
operated
by
steam
or
highly
compressed
air
is
used
sounding
an
alarm
to
vessels
in
fog
. [
Written
also
sirene
,
and
syren
.]
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Si·ren
,
a.
Of
or
pertaining
to
a
siren
;
bewitching
,
like
a
siren
;
fascinating
;
alluring
;
as
,
a
siren
song
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
Siren
n
1:
a
sea
nymph
(
part
woman
and
part
bird
)
supposed
to
lure
sailors
to
destruction
on
the
rocks
where
the
nymphs
lived
; "
Odysseus
ordered
his
crew
to
plug
their
ears
so
they
would
not
hear
the
Siren's
fatal
song
"
2:
a
woman
who
is
considered
to
be
dangerously
seductive
[
syn
:
enchantress
,
temptress
,
Delilah
,
femme fatale
]
3:
a
warning
signal
that
is
a
loud
wailing
sound
4:
an
acoustic
device
producing
a
loud
often
wailing
sound
as
a
signal
or
warning
5:
eel-like
aquatic
North
American
salamander
with
small
forelimbs
and
no
hind
limbs
;
have
permanent
external
gills
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