signpost

英 ['saɪnpəʊst] 美 ['saɪnpost]
  • n. 路标;指示牌

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1、sign + post.

中文词源


signpost 路标

sign,标记,post,柱子。

英文词源


signpost (n.)
also sign-post, 1610s, "sign on a post, usually indicating an inn or shop," from sign (n.) + post (n.1). Meaning "guide- or direction-post along a road" is attested from 1863. Figurative sense is from 1889.

双语例句


1. The lights of the car lit up a signpost.
车灯照亮了路标。

来自柯林斯例句

2. A signpost indicated the right road for us to follow.
路标指给我们应走的路.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3. We drove past a signpost I couldn't read.
我们驶过一块路标,可是我读不懂.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. The outcome of tomorrow's elections will be studied carefully as a signpost of voter intentions on the really big day this year.
明天的选举结果会被作为今年大选的选民意愿风向标来仔细研究。

来自柯林斯例句

5. Turn off at the signpost for Attlebridge.
在路标处拐弯去往阿特尔桥。

来自辞典例句

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