"smoke signal" meaning in All languages combined

See smoke signal on Wiktionary

Noun [英語]

Audio: En-au-smoke signal.ogg Forms: smoke signals [plural]
  1. 狼煙
    Sense id: zh-smoke_signal-en-noun-LHuYwUBF
  2. 間接的消息或指示,特別指有關未來的事件。 Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: zh-smoke_signal-en-noun-yL-o7w0W Categories (other): 英語俗語
  3. 一種用作求救信號的照明彈或燃燒裝置。
    Sense id: zh-smoke_signal-en-noun-Y1anm4dV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: smoke-signal
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