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单词 flagpole
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flagpole

(flægpoʊl)
Word forms: plural flagpoles
countable noun
A flagpole is a tall pole on which a flag can be displayed.
The Namibian flag was hoisted up the flagpole.

flagpole in British English

(ˈflæɡˌpəʊl) or flagstaff (ˈflæɡˌstɑːf)
nounWord forms: plural -poles, -staffs or -staves (-ˌsteɪvz)
1. 
a pole or staff on which a flag is hoisted and displayed
2.  run something up the flagpole

flagpole in American English

(ˈflægˌpoʊl)
noun
a pole on which a flag is raised and flown

More idioms containing
flagpole

run something up the flagpole

Examples of 'flagpole' in a sentence
flagpole

Fresh white paint on wooden bollards linked by a grey chain circling a flagpole.
Dexter Petley WHITE LIES (2003)
I am going to run a flag up the flagpole and see who salutes.
Matthews, Lew A CONVICTION OF GUILT (2003)
The major looked at the crawling figures, then up to the birchwood flagpole which stood on the heights behind them.
Shah, Idries KARA KUSH (2003)
It's white clapboard, surrounded by oak trees with a flagpole in the yard erected by Bob.
McKewan, Ian THE INNOCENT (2003)

Chinese translation of 'flagpole'

flagpole

(ˈflæɡpəul)

n (c)

  1. 旗杆(桿) (qígān) (根, gēn)

Nearby words of
flagpole

  • flag
  • flag down
  • flag up
  • flagpole
  • flair
  • flak
  • flake
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