单词 | half-staff |
释义 | half-staff (once / 70775 pages) n WORD FAMILY half-staff USAGE EXAMPLESWith the White House in a crepuscular background, its flag at half-staff, all forty-four U.S. The New Yorker(Dec 24, 2016) The governor ordered flags to fly at half-staff in remembrance of the victims. Time(Dec 14, 2016) The town also will lower its flags to half-staff. Washington Times(Dec 11, 2016) n a position some distance below the top of a mast to which a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress Syn|Hyper half-mast place, position the particular portion of space occupied by something |
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