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signpost

英 ['saɪnpəʊst] 美 ['saɪnpost]

解释

n. 路标；指示牌

※ 提供单词"signpost"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

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.

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例句和用法

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

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

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

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。

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