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beckon [ˈbekən] VB trans, intr

beckon

(用点头、招手召唤召唤 zhàohuàn

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The creepy calliope music seems almost to beckon out to people. en.wikipedia.org

Some of the sculptures are electric or battery-powered and have a slow-moving paw beckoning. en.wikipedia.org

In gratitude, the cat takes up a station outside the establishment and beckons in new visitors, bringing prosperity as a reward to the charitable proprietor. en.wikipedia.org

Without being florid or cosmic, she beckons to a far more graceful, honest world. en.wikipedia.org

Unlike its drab, depressing daytime reality, the carnival becomes a nightly glittering solitaire on the prairie, beckoning all around to its illusions and make-believe. en.wikipedia.org

For a half-century, this complex array of buildings and gardens beckoned to all of the state's mentally ill. en.wikipedia.org

He continued writing novels there for six more years until the nascent film industry beckoned. en.wikipedia.org

They then beckon the man and woman to follow them into town. en.wikipedia.org

It was at this time that the theatre world also beckoned. en.wikipedia.org

One day he was beckoned inland by what turned out to be the flames of a forest fire. en.wikipedia.org

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