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单词 hammer and sickle
释义

hammer and sickle

noun

: an emblem consisting of a crossed hammer and sickle used especially as a symbol of Soviet Communism

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Mikhail Gorbachev visited San Francisco for the first time in the spring of 1990, riding in a big black Zil limousine the size of an armored car, flying the red hammer and sickle flag of the old Soviet Union. Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Sep. 2022 There’s a hammer and sickle on the front of the New York Stock Exchange. Hari Kunzru, The New York Review of Books, 3 Aug. 2022 His brown suede belt bore the hammer and sickle of the Soviet Union. New York Times, 1 June 2022 An Instagram post shared April 18 shows a collage of a man atop a building replacing a Ukrainian flag, which has a blue and yellow stripe, with a Soviet flag, which has a red banner and a golden hammer and sickle. Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2022 Transnistria has its own flag, complete with a Soviet-style hammer and sickle, and a separate identity from the rest of Moldova. New York Times, 23 Apr. 2022 The red banner with that hammer and sickle has reportedly been waved by pro-Russian fighters in the breakaway region of Luhansk and adorned the sides of Russian military vehicles motoring to the front lines. Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2022 But this store used to sell a vodka that had a hammer and sickle on the bottle, and no one raised an eyebrow at that. James Lileks, National Review, 31 Mar. 2022 Transnistria has its own flag, complete with a Soviet-style hammer and sickle, and its own makeshift currency that partly consists of plastic coins reminiscent of a board game. New York Times, 6 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined above

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