"apparatus for signaling," 1816, probably via French sémaphore, literally "a bearer of signals," ultimately from Greek sema "sign, signal" (see semantic) + phoros "bearer," from pherein "to carry" (see infer). Related: Semaphoric (1808).
雙語例句
1. Any target can be assigned a semaphore, by setting a variable called on that target.
任何目標都可以被賦予一個信號燈semaphore,方法是對該目標設置一個名為的變量.
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2. It is like a semaphore signal waving before the eyes of the particle physicists.
它好象是在粒子物理學家眼前揮動的旗語信號.
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3. Me ( Beautifully pronouced, with choice semaphore ): " I want a divorce. "
我 ( 用選好的語句, 優(yōu)雅地大聲說 ): “ 我要離婚. ”
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4. A data structure for mutual exclusion, also known as a binary semaphore.