单词 | quarantine flag |
释义 | quarantine flagnoun Nautical.a yellow flag, designating the letter Q in the International Code of Signals: flown by itself to signify that a ship has no disease on board and requests a pratique, or flown with another flag to signify that there is disease on board ship. Also called yellow flag. Origin of quarantine flagFirst recorded in 1870–75 Words nearby quarantine flagQu'Appelle, quaquaversal, quar., quarantine, quarantine anchorage, quarantine flag, quare, quark, quark model, quarkonium, quarks Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for quarantine flag
British Dictionary definitions for quarantine flagquarantine flag nounnautical the yellow signal flag for the letter Q, flown alone from a vessel to indicate that there is no disease aboard and to request pratique or, with a second signal flag, to indicate that there is disease aboardAlso called: yellow flag, yellow jack Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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