beacon
音标：
英音/ ˈbiːkən / 美音/ ˈbiːkən /
听听基本释意：
外刊例句：
A recent election in Senegal, long considered a beacon of stability, nearly went off the rails.
塞内加尔最近举行的选举长期以来被认为是稳定的灯塔，但几乎脱轨。
—New York Times
On the Isle of Wight a beacon of remembrance will be lit on on East Cowes Esplanade.
在怀特岛，东考斯滨海艺术中心将点亮一座纪念灯塔。
—BBC
“You fought so bravely until the end and became a beacon of hope and inspiration, not only for the MND community but for all those who saw and heard your story,” said Sinfield.
辛菲尔德说：“你勇敢地战斗到最后，成为希望和灵感的灯塔，不仅对 MND 社区，而且对所有看到和听到你故事的人来说。”
—BBC
基本释意：
noun
a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance
灯塔，灯标；（无线电）信标；引路人，指路明灯；（旧时的）烽火；<英>适宜点烽火的山
同义词：
beacon fire,beacon light,lighthouse,pharos,radio beacon
短释义：
Beacon comes from an Old English word meaning “sign,” and that’s what actual beacons are for lost ships: signs of having made it to land. Beacons are often some kind of light, like the bonfires that the ancient Greeks lit on hillsides to communicate that an army had come home from overseas. You’ll also see beacon used figuratively, especially in the phrase “beacon of hope.”
如果你的鼻子像灯塔一样闪闪发光，我希望你是来自北极的快乐胖子雇用的驯鹿。
长释义：
Beacon comes from an Old English word meaning “sign,” and that’s what actual beacons are for lost ships: signs of having made it to land. Beacons are often some kind of light, like the bonfires that the ancient Greeks lit on hillsides to communicate that an army had come home from overseas. You’ll also see beacon used figuratively, especially in the phrase “beacon of hope.”
信标来自古英语单词，意思是“标志”，这就是迷失船只的实际信标：已成功着陆的迹象。信标通常是某种光，就像古希腊人在山坡上点燃的篝火，以传达军队已从海外归来的信息。您还会看到“信标”被比喻地使用，尤其是在“希望信标”这个短语中。
文学例句：
She sailed off, a beacon of red, toward the back door and her car.
她像一盏红色的灯塔一样，驶向后门和她的车。
—Lawn Boy Returns by Gary Paulsen
To Gregory, it must have been like a beacon.
对于格雷戈里来说，它一定就像一座灯塔。
—The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros
But Monmouth was scarcely thirty feet away, and my own room, with its conspicuously lighted window, must have loomed in his path like a beacon.
但蒙茅斯距离他还不到三十英尺，而我自己的房间，有着明亮的窗户，一定像一座灯塔一样隐约出现在他的路上。
—The Secret History by Donna Tartt
词源：
beacon (n.)Middle English beken, from Old English beacen “sign, portent, lighthouse,” from West Germanic *baukna “beacon, signal” (source also of Old Frisian baken, Old Saxon bokan, Old High German bouhhan); according to Watkins it is probably from Proto-Germanic *baukna- “beacon, signal,” from suffixed form of PIE root *bha- (1) “to shine.” The figurative use is attested from c. 1600.Related entries & more
下面是词源的翻译（机器翻译比较难翻，参考着看）
灯塔 (n.)中古英语 beken，源自古英语 beacen“标志、预兆、灯塔”，源自西日耳曼语 *baukna“灯塔、信号”（也源自古弗里斯兰语 bayn、古撒克逊语 bokan、古高地德语 bouhhan）；根据沃特金斯的说法，它可能来自原始日耳曼语 *baukna-“信标，信号”，源自 PIE 词根 *bha- (1)“发光”的后缀形式。比喻的用途由 c 证明。 1600.相关条目及更多
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