| 单词 | flag |
| 释义 | flag flag1 —flagger, n. —flagless, adj. /flag/, n. , v. , flagged, flagging. n. 1. a piece of cloth, varying in size, shape, color, and design, usually attached at one edge to a staff or cord, and used as the symbol of a nation, state, or organization, as a means of signaling, etc.; ensign; standard; banner; pennant. 2. Ornith. the tuft of long feathers on the legs of falcons and most hawks; the lengthened feathers on the crus or tibia. 3. Hunting. the tail of a deer or of a setter dog. 4. Journalism. a. the nameplate of a newspaper. b. masthead (def. 1). c. the name of a newspaper as printed on the editorial page. 5. a tab or tag attached to a page, file card, etc., to mark it for attention. 6. Music. hook (def. 12a). 7. Motion Pictures , Television. a small gobo. 8. Usually, flags. the ends of the bristles of a brush, esp. a paintbrush, when split. 9. Computers. a symbol, value, or other means of identifying data of interest, or of informing later parts of a program what conditions earlier parts have encountered. 10. strike the flag, a. to relinquish command, as of a ship. b. to submit or surrender: His financial situation is growing worse, but he's not ready to strike the flag. Also, strike one's flag. v.t. 11. to place a flag or flags over or on; decorate with flags. 12. to signal or warn (a person, automobile, etc.) with or as if with a flag (sometimes fol. by down): to flag a taxi; to flag down a passing car. 13. to communicate (information) by or as if by a flag. 14. to decoy, as game, by waving a flag or the like to excite attention or curiosity. 15. to mark (a page in a book, file card, etc.) for attention, as by attaching protruding tabs. 16. (of a brush) to split the ends of the bristles. [1475-85; perh. b. FLAP (n.) and FAG1 (n.) in obs. sense "flap"] flag2 /flag/, n. 1. any of various plants with long, sword-shaped leaves, as the sweet flag. 2. See blue flag. 3. the long, slender leaf of such a plant or of a cereal. [1350-1400; ME flagge] flag3 /flag/, v.i. , flagged, flagging. 1. to fall off in vigor, energy, activity, interest, etc.: Public enthusiasm flagged when the team kept losing. 2. to hang loosely or limply; droop. [1535-45; perh. b. of FLAP (v.) and FAG1 (v.) in obs. sense "to droop". See FLAG1] Syn. 1. dwindle, wilt, slump, sag, wane. flag4 —flagger, n. /flag/, n. , v. , flagged, flagging. n. 1. flagstone (def. 1). 2. flags, flagstone (def. 2). v.t. 3. to pave with flagstones. [1400-50; late ME flagge piece of sod; akin to ON flaga slab] |
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