semaphore

• 名词，指利用视觉信号（如灯光、旗子或机械臂）在远距离传递信息的信号系统或装置。

A noun referring to a visual signaling system that uses lights or mechanically moving arms to convey information over a distance.

1. Visual signaling systemB2formal

   A system of communication that uses visual signals, such as lights or moving arms, to convey information over a distance.

   旗语

   • The train station used a semaphore to signal arrivals and departures.
   • Sailors learned to read semaphore flags for ship-to-ship communication.
   • The old semaphore tower was restored as a historical landmark.

• 动词，指用信号（如旗语、灯光等视觉信号）发送或传递信息、信号或消息。

A verb used to indicate the act of sending or conveying information, signals, or messages, especially by means of a system of visual signals or flags.

1. Send signals by semaphoreC1formal

   To communicate or send signals using a system of visual signals, such as flags or lights.

   用信号旗发信号

   • The sailors semaphored the message to the nearby ship.
   • He learned to semaphore using flags during his training.
   • The lighthouse keeper semaphored warnings to passing vessels.

   同义词flagsignalwigwag

2. Convey information by semaphoreC1formal

   To transmit information or instructions using a semaphore system.

   用旗语传递信息

   • The general semaphored orders to the troops across the valley.
   • They semaphored the coordinates to the rescue team.
   • The station master semaphored the train's arrival time.

   同义词communicateflagsignsignal