signal

英 ['s?gn(?)l] 美['s?gnl]

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復(fù)數(shù):?signals;第三人稱單數(shù):?signals;過(guò)去式:?signalled;過(guò)去分詞:?signalled;現(xiàn)在分詞:?signalling;副詞:?signally;

1、sign- + -al.
2、動(dòng)態(tài)的符號(hào)，就是信號(hào)、暗號(hào)。

signal 信號(hào)，暗號(hào)，標(biāo)記，表明

sign,標(biāo)記，記號(hào)，-al,名詞后綴。引申詞義信號(hào)，暗號(hào)等。

signal: signal: [16] Latin signālis meant ‘of a sign’ (it was derived from signum ‘mark, token’, source of English sign). It came to be used as a noun, and passed via medieval Latin signāle into Old French as seignal. This was later relatinized into signal, in which form it was taken over by English. The adjective signal ‘conspicuous’ came from the same ultimate source, but via a more circuitous route. The Italian version of the noun signal is segnale. From it was derived the verb segnalare ‘make famous’, whose past participle segnalato gave French signalé – whence English signal.
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signal (n.): late 14c., "visible sign, indication," from Old French signal, seignal "seal, imprint, sign, mark," from Medieval Latin signale "a signal," from Late Latin signalis (adj.) "used as a signal, pertaining to a sign," from Latin signum "signal, sign" (see sign (n.)). Restricted sense "agreed-upon sign (to commence or desist, etc.) is from 1590s. Meaning "modulation of an electric current" is from 1855.
signal (v.): 1805, "to make signals to," from signal (n.). Related: Signaled; signaling. Earlier verb was signalize (1650s).
signal (adj.): "remarkable, striking, notable" ("serving as a sign"), 1640s, from French signalé, past participle of signaler "to distinguish, signal" (see signal (n.)).

1. The coded signal is received by satellite dish aerials.: 編碼信號(hào)由碟形衛(wèi)星天線接收。

2. As soon as it was dark, Mrs Evans gave the signal.: 天一黑，埃文斯夫人就發(fā)出了信號(hào)。

3. The transmitters will send a signal automatically to a local base station.: 發(fā)射臺(tái)會(huì)自動(dòng)將信號(hào)發(fā)射到地方基站。

4. A thin cable carries the signal to a computer.: 一根細(xì)電纜將信號(hào)傳送給一臺(tái)計(jì)算機(jī)。

5. Kurdish leaders saw the visit as an important signal of support.: 庫(kù)爾德領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人將這次訪問(wèn)視作一種表示支持的重要信號(hào)。