| 释义 |
ensignen‧sign /ˈensaɪn, -sən $ ˈensən/ noun [countable]   ensignOrigin: 1300-1400 Old French enseigne, from Latin insignia; ➔ INSIGNIA - Between her first and second missions she was commissioned an ensign in the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry.
- By contrast the courtesy ensign has become more of a duty than a courtesy.
- Dogwell was big and looked as if he would have liked to tie the ensign into some kind of handy knot.
- On a long cruise the courtesy ensigns can cost more than the charts and wear out quicker.
- Shaker gave a loose salute, and the grinning ensign tapped his forehead with a finger.
- The airship's charred ensign hangs in the nearby church.
- The average yachtsmen lashes his ensign to the backstay, and there it stays until it rots.
- They'd piled him in with the dead, and it was only later a naval ensign noticed him twitching.
► Navyable seaman, nounadmiral, nounahoy, interjectionarmada, nounbattle cruiser, nounbattleship, nounbroadside, nouncommodore, nouncruiser, noundepth charge, noundestroyer, nounensign, nounflagship, nounfleet admiral, nounflight deck, nounflight sergeant, noungunboat, nounlanding craft, nounman-of-war, nounmarine, adjectiveMarine, nounmariner, nounmaster, nounmaster-at-arms, nounmate, nounmidshipman, nounminesweeper, nounnaval, adjectivenavigator, nounperiscope, nounpetty officer, nounpocket battleship, nounquartermaster, nounrating, nounrear admiral, nounRN, seaman, nounsea power, nounsignalman, nounsub, nounsublieutenant, nounsubmarine, nounsubmariner, nounU-boat, nounvice-admiral, nounyeoman, noun 1a flag on a ship that shows what country the ship belongs to:  the Russian ensign2a low rank in the US navy, or an officer who has this rank |