Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - siren
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Siren
siren
~ n 1 a piece of equipment that makes very loud warning sounds, used on police cars, fire engines etc (police sirens wailing in the distance) 2 siren voices/call/song literary encouragement to do something that sounds very attractive, but will have bad results (The government must ignore the siren voices calling for a cut in interest rates.) 3 a word used especially in newspapers meaning a woman who is very attractive but also dangerous to men (Hollywood sirens like Marilyn Monroe) 4 the Sirens a group of women in ancient Greek stories, whose beautiful singing made sailors sail towards them into dangerous water
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(sirens) 1. A siren is a warning device which makes a long, loud noise. Most fire engines, ambulances, and police cars have sirens. It sounds like an air raid siren. N-COUNT: oft supp N 2. Some people refer to a woman as a siren when they think that she is attractive to men but dangerous in some way. (LITERARY) He depicts her as a siren who has drawn him to his ruin. = femme fatale N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French sereine, from Late Latin ~a, from Latin ~, from Greek seiren Date: 14th century 1. often capitalized any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing 2. a. a woman who sings with enchanting sweetness b. temptress c. temptation 2 3. a. an apparatus producing musical tones especially in acoustical studies by the rapid interruption of a current of air, steam, or fluid by a perforated rotating disk b. a device often electrically operated for producing a penetrating warning sound an ambulance ~ an air-raid ~ 4. New Latin, from Latin either of two North American eel-shaped amphibians that constitute a genus (Siren) and have small forelimbs but neither hind legs nor pelvis and have permanent external gills as well as lungs II. adjective Date: 1568 resembling that of a ~ ; enticing ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a a device for making a loud prolonged signal or warning sound, esp. by revolving a perforated disc over a jet of compressed air or steam. b the sound made by this. 2 (in Greek mythology) each of a number of women or winged creatures whose singing lured unwary sailors on to rocks. 3 a sweet singer. 4 a a dangerously fascinating woman; a temptress. b a tempting pursuit etc. 5 (attrib.) irresistibly tempting. 6 an eel-shaped tailed amphibian of the family Sirenidae. Phrases and idioms siren suit a one-piece garment for the whole body, easily put on or taken off, orig. for use in air-raid shelters. Etymology: ME f. OF sereine, sirene f. LL Sirena fem. f. L f. Gk Seiren ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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Англо-русский Русско-английски словарь по телекоммуникациям
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герп. сирен (Siren); pl сиреновые (Sirenidae) – dwarf siren – greater siren – lesser siren – mud sirens ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. греч. и миф. сирена 2. коварная соблазнительница siren air —- сладкозвучная мелодия siren beauty —- зовущая красота siren note —- сладкий звук 3. гудок, сирена a ship's siren —- пароходный гудок fire-engine siren —- сирена пожарной машины the noon siren —- гудок на обед 4. сирена, сигнал воздушной тревоги sirens wailed out —- завыли сирены ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) сирена 2) сигнал воздушной тревоги 3) myth. сирена; fig. красивая бездушная женщина ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 14c., "sea nymph who by her singing lures sailors to their destruction," from O.Fr. sereine, from L. siren, from Gk. seiren. Meaning "device that makes a warning sound" (on an ambulance, etc.) first recorded 1879, in reference to steamboats. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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