单词 | chevron |
释义 | chev·ron (shĕvrən) n. 1. A badge or insignia consisting of stripes meeting at an angle, worn on the sleeve of a military or police uniform to indicate rank, merit, or length of service. 2. Heraldry A device shaped like an inverted V. 3. A V-shaped pattern, especially a kind of fret used in architecture. [Middle English cheveron, from Old French chevron, rafter (from the meeting of rafters at an angle), probably from Vulgar Latin *capriō, *capriōn-; akin to Latin capreolus, young of the roe deer, rafter (from the resemblance of the rafters of a pitched roof to the forked antlers of the roe deer), from diminutive of caprea, roe deer, from Latin caper, capr-, goat.] chevronlance-sergeant in the British Foot Guards |
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