also sign-post, 1610s, "sign on a post, usually indicating an inn or shop," from sign (n.) + post (n.1). Meaning "guide- or direction-post along a road" is attested from 1863. Figurative sense is from 1889.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. The lights of the car lit up a signpost.
車燈照亮了路標(biāo)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. A signpost indicated the right road for us to follow.
路標(biāo)指給我們應(yīng)走的路.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
3. We drove past a signpost I couldn't read.
我們駛過一塊路標(biāo),可是我讀不懂.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
4. The outcome of tomorrow's elections will be studied carefully as a signpost of voter intentions on the really big day this year.