signpost
英 ['saɪnpəʊst]
美['saɪnpost]
- n. 路标；指示牌
词态变化
复数: signposts;
助记提示
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