beacons
n. [水文]指向标；[交]信号灯（beacon 的复数）
v. 照亮，指引（beacon 的第三人称单数）
例句
Lighthouse and beacons flash at night.
晚上灯塔与信号灯闪着光。
Camp fires flared like beacons in the dark.
篝火突然熊熊燃烧起来，像黑暗中的灯塔。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
His biographies of James Watt, Richard Arkwright and Josiah Wedgwood were held up as beacons to guide the working man through his difficult life.
他写的关于詹姆斯·瓦特、理查德·阿克赖特和约西亚·韦奇伍德的传记被奉为是指引工人们度过艰难生活的灯塔。
