Flag
[flæg]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a conspicuously marked or shaped tail.
(noun.) emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design.
(noun.) stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones.
(noun.) a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device.
(verb.) provide with a flag; 'Flag this file so that I can recognize it immediately'.
(verb.) communicate or signal with a flag.
(verb.) decorate with flags; 'the building was flagged for the holiday'.
阿伊达整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.
(v. i.) To droop; to grow spiritless; to lose vigor; to languish; as, the spirits flag; the streugth flags.
(v. t.) To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness; as, to flag the wings.
(v. t.) To enervate; to exhaust the vigor or elasticity of.
(n.) That which flags or hangs down loosely.
(n.) A cloth usually bearing a device or devices and used to indicate nationality, party, etc., or to give or ask information; -- commonly attached to a staff to be waved by the wind; a standard; a banner; an ensign; the colors; as, the national flag; a military or a naval flag.
(n.) A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc.
(n.) A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks.
(n.) The bushy tail of a dog, as of a setter.
(v. t.) To signal to with a flag; as, to flag a train.
(v. t.) To convey, as a message, by means of flag signals; as, to flag an order to troops or vessels at a distance.
(n.) An aquatic plant, with long, ensiform leaves, belonging to either of the genera Iris and Acorus.
(v. t.) To furnish or deck out with flags.
(n.) A flat stone used for paving.
(n.) Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.
(v. t.) To lay with flags of flat stones.
編輯:桑德拉
同義詞及近義詞：
v. n. [1]. Hang loose.[2]. Languish, droop, faint, decline, pine, become weak, grow languid, lose vigor.
n. [1]. Flag-stone, flat paving stone.[2]. Banner, streamer, colors, standard, pennon, pennant, ensign.
埃莉整理
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Droop, pine, weary, tire, give_in, faint, succumb, languish, decline
ANT:Hold, freshen, flourish, persevere, battle, struggle, persist, recruit,recover
伊恩校對
解釋/意思:
n. a popular name for many plants with sword-shaped leaves mostly growing in moist situations sometimes specially the species of iris or flower-de-luce—esp. the yellow flag: the acorus or sweet flag: (B.) reed-grass.—ns. Flag′-bas′ket a basket made of reeds for carrying tools; Flag′giness.—adj. Flag′gy abounding in flags.—n. Flag′-worm a worm or grub bred among flags or reeds.
n. a stone that separates in flakes or layers: a flat stone used for paving—also Flag′stone.—v.t. to pave with flagstones.—n. Flag′ging flagstones: a pavement of flagstones.
n. the ensign of a ship or of troops: a banner.—v.t. to decorate with flags: to inform by flag-signals.—ns. Flag′-cap′tain in the navy the captain of the ship which bears the admiral's flag; Flag′-lieuten′ant an officer in a flag-ship corresponding to an aide-de-camp in the army; Flag′-off′icer a naval officer privileged to carry a flag denoting his rank—admiral vice-admiral rear-admiral or commodore; Flag′-ship the ship in which an admiral sails and which carries his flag; Flag′staff a staff or pole on which a flag is displayed.—Flag of distress a flag displayed as a signal of distress—usually upside down or at half-mast; Flag of truce a white flag displayed during war when some pacific communication is intended between the hostile parties; Black flag a pirate's flag pirates generally; Dip the flag to lower the flag and then hoist it—a token of respect; Hang out the red flag to give a challenge to battle; Strike or Lower the flag to pull it down as a token of respect submission or surrender; White flag an emblem of peace; Yellow flag hoisted to show pestilence on board also over ships &c. in quarantine and hospitals &c. in time of war.
v.i. to grow languid or spiritless.—pr.p. flag′ging; pa.p. flagged.—n. Flag′giness.—adj. Flag′gy limp flabby.
編輯:梅根
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream of your national flag, portends victory if at war, and if at peace, prosperity. For a woman to dream of a flag, denotes that she will be ensnared by a soldier. To dream of foreign flags, denotes ruptures and breach of confidence between nations and friends. To dream of being signaled by a flag, denotes that you should be careful of your health and name, as both are threatened.
手打:莎伦
娱乐性解釋/意思：
n. A colored rag borne above troops and hoisted on forts and ships. It appears to serve the same purpose as certain signs that one sees on vacant lots in London— 'Rubbish may be shot here. '
錄入:奥利维尔
例句/造句/用法:
- The flag drops and covers the eyes of the animal so that he is at a loss what to do; it is jerked from him and the torment is renewed. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- It was the luck of Britain that they remained, though dissentient in spirit, under the British flag. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Down the tracks a way was a flag-station and I could see soldiers on guard. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- Some of his men had snatched a flag from the parapet of the fort, and others had taken a horse from the inside of the stockade. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Soon after a white flag was received, requesting a suspension of hostilities pending negotiations for a surrender. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Soon two persons were seen coming towards our lines bearing a white flag. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- He turned to me saying: Things have come to a ---- pretty pass when a free people can't choose their own flag. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- We played with flags, I said. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- The lofty gateways are graced with statues, and the broad floors are all laid in polished flags of marble. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Then, amid cheers of encouragement from the immense throng that was watching, he turned sharply past the starting-tower and flew between the flags that marked the starting-line. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- They seemed to be very fond of coming up on steamers under flags of truce. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Amelia could hardly walk along the flags and up the steps into the parlour. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- The bridges are of a single span--a single arch--of cut stone, without a support, and paved on top with flags of lava and ornamental pebblework. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- The park was speckled by tents, whose flaunting colours and gaudy flags, waving in the sunshine, added to the gaiety of the scene. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- A tall, stout official had come down the stone-flagged passage, in a peaked cap and frogged jacket. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- The poor relations caught the people who they thought would like it, and, when the game flagged, got caught themselves. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- When we were left alone in the stone-flagged kitchen, it was astonishing how rapidly that sprained ankle recovered. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- The talk often flagged between us when we were alone. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- It had been easy enough to write the date, and Dear Mr. Rosedale--but after that her inspiration flagged. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- A stone-flagged passage, with the kitchens branching away from it, led by a wooden staircase directly to the first floor of the house. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- The institution never flagged for want of a story, I am certain; and the wine lasted out almost as well as the matter. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- This magnificent indifference to placing his safety in peril for the second time, revived the flagging interest of the worshippers in the hero. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Let me amuse myself by teasing mamma: I will assert that she is flagging. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- My flagging spirits asked for something to speak to the affections; and not finding it, I drooped. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- I was unharmed except for a slight bruise upon my forehead where it had struck the stone flagging as I fell. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- No, said Grandfer Cantle, his countenance slightly flagging. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
編輯:帕梅拉