| 单词 | stars and stripes |
| 释义 | > as lemmasStars and Stripes Stars and Stripes n. (with the) (a popular name for) the national flag of the United States of America; cf. star-spangled banner n. at star-spangled adj. Compounds.The flag, when first adopted by Congress (14th June 1777), contained 13 stripes and 13 stars, representing the 13 States of the Union. As further states joined the Union, the number of stars was increased from time to time; since 1960, following the accession of Hawaii as the 50th state, it has contained 50 stars. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > standard > [noun] > flag > U.S. flag Old Thirteen1792 Stars and Stripes1809 gridiron1812 star-spangled banner1814 Old Glory1862 1809 Amer. Law Jrnl. 7 Jan. 280 It is painful to perceive..the American stars and stripes vanishing from the scene. 1861 W. H. Brewer Let. 23 June in Up & down Calif. (2003) 119 Flags stream from nearly every church steeple in the city..but all are the Stars and Stripes. 1900 N.Y. Times 22 July 18/5 A new Maine statute prohibits the placing of inscriptions upon the Stars and Stripes. 1975 Newsweek (Nexis) 21 Apr. 23 United States Ambassador John Gunther Dean arrived carrying the Stars and Stripes. 2012 Irish Times (Weekend Review) 5/4 Then a tank appeared on a nearby hill, followed by a second and a third, flying the Stars and Stripes. < as lemmas |
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