The lighthouse served as a beacon for ships navigating the treacherous rocky coast at night.
灯塔为夜间在危险多岩海岸航行的船只提供了信号指引。
Which choice best defines “beacon”?
D — Signal light, guide. “beacon” means signal light, guide.
Which word means “signal light, guide”?
D — beacon. “beacon” means signal light, guide.
beacon — signal light, guide. In Chinese: 灯塔，信号.
beacon is pronounced /ˈbiːkən/.
The lighthouse served as a beacon for ships navigating the treacherous rocky coast at night. (灯塔为夜间在危险多岩海岸航行的船只提供了信号指引。)
signal, guide, lantern — all close in meaning to beacon (signal light, guide).
Yes. beacon is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
be(become)+acon(lamp)