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beckon
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
beckons; beckoned; beckoning
beckons; beckoned; beckoning
Learner's definition of BECKON
1
: to signal (someone) with your arm or hand in order to tell that person to come closer or follow（用手或手臂）示意，招呼
[+ object]
- She was beckoning them in to shore.她正在示意他们靠岸。
- He beckoned them over (to where he was).他挥手招呼他们过来。
- She beckoned the waiter to come over.她招手叫侍者过来。
[no object]
- She beckoned to the waiter to come over.她招手叫侍者过来。
2
a [no object] : to appear attractive or inviting吸引；引诱
- From the time he was a child, the wilderness beckoned to him.从孩提时代起，荒野就强烈地吸引着他。
- New adventures were beckoning.新的冒险十分令人向往。
- a beckoning smile迷人的微笑
b [+ object] : to attract (someone or something)吸引，引诱（某人或某物）
- The nature preserve beckons bird-watchers, who visit from around the world.这个自然保护区吸引了来自世界各地的众多鸟类观察者。
— beckoningly
adverb [more beckoningly; most beckoningly]- She smiled beckoningly.她笑得十分迷人。
Example Sentences
She was beckoning them in to shore. She beckoned the waiter to come over. She beckoned to the waiter to come over. From the time he was a child, the wilderness beckoned to him. The nature preserve beckons bird-watchers, who visit from around the world.
Recent Examples on the Web When supposedly shocking messages and images are so common, cynicism can beckon. 
Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2022 On Ukraine’s battlefields, the simple act of powering up a cellphone can beckon a rain of deathly skyfall. Oleksandr Stashevskyi And Frank Bajak, Anchorage Daily News, 3 June 2022 People might beckon you to come and join up for some group fun, but your own agenda could get in the way. Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2022 Even without candies to beckon them, some of the riders will still guide their mounts to the rail, especially for kiddos (but also for adults as excited as children). Dana Mcmahan, The Courier-Journal, 26 Apr. 2022 The chain cemented a place in American culture with its Blue Light Specials, a flashing blue orb affixed to a pole that would beckon shoppers to a flash sale in progress. CBS News, 12 Apr. 2022 The chain cemented a place in American culture with its Blue Light Specials, a flashing blue orb affixed to a pole that would beckon shoppers to a flash sale in progress. NBC News, 12 Apr. 2022 The chain cemented a place in American culture with its Blue Light Specials, a flashing blue orb affixed to a pole that would beckon shoppers to a flash sale in progress. David Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Apr. 2022 The chain cemented a place in American culture with its Blue Light Specials, a flashing blue orb affixed to a pole that would beckon shoppers to a flash sale in progress. NBC News, 12 Apr. 2022 See More
Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2022 On Ukraine’s battlefields, the simple act of powering up a cellphone can beckon a rain of deathly skyfall. Oleksandr Stashevskyi And Frank Bajak, Anchorage Daily News, 3 June 2022 People might beckon you to come and join up for some group fun, but your own agenda could get in the way. Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2022 Even without candies to beckon them, some of the riders will still guide their mounts to the rail, especially for kiddos (but also for adults as excited as children). Dana Mcmahan, The Courier-Journal, 26 Apr. 2022 The chain cemented a place in American culture with its Blue Light Specials, a flashing blue orb affixed to a pole that would beckon shoppers to a flash sale in progress. CBS News, 12 Apr. 2022 The chain cemented a place in American culture with its Blue Light Specials, a flashing blue orb affixed to a pole that would beckon shoppers to a flash sale in progress. NBC News, 12 Apr. 2022 The chain cemented a place in American culture with its Blue Light Specials, a flashing blue orb affixed to a pole that would beckon shoppers to a flash sale in progress. David Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Apr. 2022 The chain cemented a place in American culture with its Blue Light Specials, a flashing blue orb affixed to a pole that would beckon shoppers to a flash sale in progress. NBC News, 12 Apr. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English bekenen, bikenen, becknien, becknyn, going back to Old English bēcnan, bīcnan, bīcnian, bēacnian "to make a mute gesture to, summon, symbolize, portend, reveal," going back to West Germanic *bauhnjan- or *bauhnōjan- (whence also Old Saxon bōknian "to portend, give as a token," Old High German bouhhanen, bouhnen "to give a sign or token, signify"), weak verb derivatives of *baukn- "sign, signal" — more at beacon entry 1
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1
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