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单词 placard
释义 plac·ard
I. \ˈplaˌkärd, -kȧd, -_kə(r)d\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English placquart, from Middle French, from plaquier to plate, plaster — more at plaque
1. archaic : a piece of armor plate (as a breastplate or backplate)
 < pulled down his visor and clasped it to the placard — Horace Smith >
specifically : placcate 1
2.
 a. obsolete : an authorization or permit bearing an official seal
 b. archaic : an official edict or proclamation
3.
 a. : a notice or announcement printed on one side of a sheet for posting in a public place : poster, sign
  < every travel agent … has some sort of placard in his window advertising one of the sightseeing tourist itineraries — Richard Joseph >
 b. : a small card or metal plaque
  < a placard on the door says “no admittance” >
  < leather belts with plain brass placards or initialed — New Yorker >
  < a placard on the fuselage lists performance data >
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
1.
 a. : to cover with or as if with posters
  < placard a fence with advertisements >
  < ancestors whose portraits snootily placard the … walls — Wyndham Lewis >
 b. : to post in a public place
  < pictures of the occasion were … placarded throughout eastern Europe — Time >
2. : to label or announce by or as if by posting : call attention to
 < has never been my habit to placard my movements like a court circular — John Buchan >
 < crimes placarded by the evening papers — L.P.Smith >
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