a device that makes a long loud sound as a signal or warning 汽笛；警报器；警笛 Extra ExamplesTopics Law and justicec1The cars had stopped at the sound of the approaching siren. 这些汽车听到愈来愈近的警笛声便停了下来。 The ships all sounded their sirens. 轮船齐声鸣笛。 the blaring sirens of ambulances and police cars 救护车和警车刺耳的笛声
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- approaching
- distant
- blaring
- …
- put on
- sound
- switch on
- …
- go
- go off
- sound
- …
(in ancient Greek stories) any of a group of sea creatures that were part woman and part bird, or part woman and part fish, whose beautiful singing made sailors sail towards them into rocks or dangerous waters 塞壬（古希腊神话中半人半鸟或半人半鱼的女海妖，以美妙歌声诱使水手驶向礁石或进入危险水域） a woman who is very attractive or beautiful but also dangerous 妖冶而危险的女人；性感妖女 - siren voices/song/call (literary)
the temptation to do something that seems very attractive but that will have bad results 危险的诱惑
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting an imaginary type of snake): from Old French sirene, from late Latin Sirena, feminine of Latin Siren, from Greek Seirēn.