siren
To make a noise with, or as if with, a sirenTo make a noise with, or as if with, a siren.
» Tom could hear sirens.
Том слышал звук сирен.
Том чув звук сирен.
Meaning
2 senses(intransitive)To make a noise with, or as if with, a siren.
(intransitive)To drive with a siren on.
Examples
69 sentencesTom could hear sirens.
Том чув звук сирен. — deniko
ruТом слышал звук сирен. — Wezel
Tom heard sirens.
Том почув сирени. — deniko
deTom hörte Sirenen. — Felixjp
I think I hear a siren.
I heard sirens in the distance.
Tom heard sirens approaching and ran off.
Origin
From Middle English siren, from Old French sereine and Latin Sīrēn, Sīrēna, from Ancient GFrom Middle English siren, from Old French sereine and Latin Sīrēn, Sīrēna, from Ancient Greek Σειρήν (Seirḗn). The mammalian sense was first attested in French in Dominique Bouhours, Les entretiens d'Ariste et d'Eugène, in 1671. The aquatic salamander sense was originally introduced by Linnaeus in 1766, for a genus of his reptiles.
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Forms
sirens, sirening, sirened, sirenedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle