| 单词 | flag |
| 释义 | flag (once / 120 pages) 1nv 2n 3n 4n 5n 6v A flag is a piece of cloth that represents a country, group, or institution. If you're particularly proud of your Irish heritage, you might fly an Irish flag in your front yard. A real flag enthusiast might fly the American flag, their state flag, their city's flag, and the flag of their parents' birth countries. There are also flags used for signaling on ships at sea and during races and sporting events, and flags that represent armies or advertise products. When flag is used as a verb, it means "to lose energy or enthusiasm." When students start to flag in the afternoon, they tend to take a quick nap — sitting up at their desks. WORD FAMILYflag: flagged, flagging, flags+/flagging: flaggingly, flaggings, unflagging/unflagging: unflaggingly USAGE EXAMPLESA flag was thrown immediately, and the call was upheld on review. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Its scoreboard is flanked by American and Israeli flags. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) There are warning flags on Iowa’s fiscal horizon. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design Hypo|Hyper American flag, Old Glory, Star-Spangled Banner, Stars and Stripes the national flag of the United States of America banner, streamerlong strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising battle flaga flag that leads troops into battle Jolly Roger, black flag, blackjack, pirate flaga flag usually bearing a white skull and crossbones on a black background; indicates a pirate ship colors, coloursa flag that shows its nationality faniona small flag used by surveyors or soldiers to mark a position jacksmall flag indicating a ship's nationality pennant, pennon, streamer, wafta long flag; often tapering banner, standardany distinctive flag Confederate flag, Stars and Barsthe first flag of the Confederate States of America tricolor, tricoloura flag having three colored stripes (especially the French flag) Union Jack, Union flagnational flag of the United Kingdom flag of truce, white flagflag consisting of a piece of white cloth that is hoisted to signal surrender or to ask for a truce yellow jackyellow flag hoist on a ship in quarantine ensign, national flagan emblem flown as a symbol of nationality ensigncolors flown by a ship to show its nationality oriflammea red or orange-red flag used as a standard by early French kings pennoncel, pennoncelle, penoncela small pennant borne on a lance emblem special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc. 2n a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device Syn|Hypo|Hyper signal flag pennant a flag longer than it is wide (and often tapering) code flag, nautical signal flagone of an international code of flag signals used between ships red flaga flag that serves as a warning signal blue petera blue flag with a white square in the center indicates that the vessel is ready to sail visual signal a signal that involves visual communication 3n flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green Syn|Hyper pin golf equipment sports equipment used in playing golf 4v provide with a flag Flag this file so that I can recognize it immediately Hyper mark make or leave a mark on 5v communicate or signal with a flag Hyper sign, signal, signalise, signalize communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs 6v decorate with flags 2the building was flagged for the holiday Hyper adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. n a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc. 3Syn|Hyper masthead list, listing a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics) n plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals 4Syn|Hypo|Hyper fleur-de-lis, iris, sword lily bearded iris any of numerous wild or cultivated irises with hairlike structures on the falls (the drooping sepals) beardless irisany of numerous wild or cultivated irises having no hairs on the drooping sepals (the falls) bulbous irisany of various irises having a rootstock formed like a bulb Iris cristata, dwarf irislow-growing summer-flowering iris of northeastern United States Iris foetidissima, gladdon, gladdon iris, roast beef plant, stinking gladwyn, stinking irisiris with purple flowers and foul-smelling leaves; southern and western Europe and North Africa Iris persica, Persian irisbulbous iris native to Asia Minor cultivated for its pale lilac-colored flowers Iris pseudacorus, yellow flag, yellow iris, yellow water flagcommon yellow-flowered iris of Europe and North Africa, naturalized in United States and often cultivated Iris verna, dwarf iris, vernal irislow-growing spring-flowering American iris with bright blue-lilac flowers Iris versicolor, blue flaga common iris of the eastern United States having blue or blue-violet flowers; root formerly used medicinally Iris virginica, southern blue flagsimilar to blue flag; the eastern United States English iris, Iris xiphioidesbulbous iris native to the Pyrenees; widely cultivated for its large delicate flowers in various colors except yellow Dutch iris, Iris filifoliabulbous Spanish iris with red-violet flowers Florentine iris, Iris florentina, Iris germanica florentina, orrisGerman iris having large white flowers with lavender-tinged falls and a fragrant rhizome German iris, Iris germanicaa large iris with purple or white flowers, native to central and southern Europe Iris kaempferi, Japanese irisiris native to Japan having large showy flowers German iris, Iris kochiiiris of northern Italy having deep blue-purple flowers; similar to but smaller than Iris germanica Dalmatian iris, Iris pallidaEuropean iris having soft lilac-blue flowers Dutch iris, Iris tingitanabulbous Spanish iris having blue flowers Iris xiphium, Spanish iris, xiphium irisbulbous iris of western Mediterranean region having usually violet-purple flowers iridaceous plant any bulbous plant of the family Iridaceae n stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones 5Syn|Hyper flagstone paving stone a stone used for paving n a conspicuously marked or shaped tail 6Hyper tail the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body 1v droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness Syn|Hypo|Hyper droop, sag, swag slouch, slump assume a drooping posture or carriage baghang loosely, like an empty bag drop, drop down, sink fall or descend to a lower place or level 2v weaken or become less intense Syn|Hyper ease off, ease up, slacken off decrease, diminish, fall, lessen decrease in size, extent, or range |
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