English Dictionary

smoke signal

名詞

慣用表現

(often pluralized) A method of long-distance communication sometimes used in ancient and undeveloped societies, consisting of messages conveyed by means of columns or intermittent puffs of smoke.

日本語の意味

煙信号：煙やその柱、断続的な煙のふくらみを用いて遠距離に情報を伝達する方法。古代や未開発な社会で用いられていた通信手段。

When the scouts spotted danger, they sent up a smoke signal to warn the village.

偵察隊が危険を発見すると、村に知らせるために煙を使った合図を送った。

意味（1）

(often pluralized) A method of long-distance communication sometimes used in ancient and undeveloped societies, consisting of messages conveyed by means of columns or intermittent puffs of smoke.

意味（2）

A message or sign sent by this method.

I have seen the first of the smoke signals, Gulunna, he said, Chief Bulla's tribes are on their way.

意味（3）

(idiomatic, often pluralized) An indirect message or indication, especially concerning a future event.

By every kind of wigwag and smoke signal in the language of diplomacy, the Administration seemed to be trying last week to tell Chinese Communist Boss Mao Tse-tung that he had nothing to worry about from the U.S.

意味（4）

A type of flare or combustion device sometimes used as a distress signal.

A Huskie helicopter was whirring over the Gulf of Tonkin in search of Cullen when Vietnamese 1st Lieut. Nguyen Van Phu, who ditched his flaming Skyraider near the spot where the U.S. pilot went down, fired a smoke signal to attract its attention.

smoke signals （ plural ）