| 释义 |
reˈflag, v.
[re- 5 c.]
trans. To fit or supply with a new flag; spec. to register (a ship) under a new national flag or flag of convenience, esp. enabling it to qualify for protection through disputed waters.
1934in Webster. 1983Travel Weekly 12 May 1/4 (heading) Congressmen launch bill to reflag vessels. 1987Daily Tel. 22 July 1/2 The two [Kuwaiti] tankers, the first of 11 to be reflagged under American colours. 1989Christian Science Monitor 6 Apr. 19/4 The Soviet offer to lease and reflag ships to Kuwait.
Hence reˈflagged ppl. a., reˈflagging vbl. n.
1977Business Week 4 July 22/2 ‘We do not like reflagging’—bringing foreign-built ships under the American flag. 1987Daily Tel. 22 July 1/2 Two reflagged Kuwaiti tankers hoisted the Stars and Stripes. 1987Times 22 July 4/6 Would she confirm that she would not..permit the reflagging of ships which are not British ships with the British ensign? 1987Jordan Times 21 Oct. 1 The convoy consists of two reflagged Kuwaiti ships. |