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单词 flagship
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flagship

[ flag-ship ]
/ ˈflægˌʃɪp /
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noun

a ship carrying the flag officer or the commander of a fleet, squadron, or the like, and displaying the officer's flag.
the main vessel of a shipping company.
any of the best or largest ships or airplanes operated by a passenger line.
the best or most important one of a group or system: This store is the flagship of our retail chain.

adjective

being or constituting a flagship.

Origin of flagship

First recorded in 1665–75; flag1 + ship1

Words nearby flagship

flag rank, flagrant, flagrante delicto, flags, flag seat, flagship, flag smut, Flagstad, flagstaff, flag station, flagstick
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British Dictionary definitions for flagship

flagship
/ (ˈflæɡˌʃɪp) /

noun

a ship, esp in a fleet, aboard which the commander of the fleet is quartered
the most important ship belonging to a shipping company
a single item from a related group considered as the most important, often in establishing a public imagethe nine o'clock news is the flagship of the BBC
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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