| 单词 | flag of truce |
| 释义 | > as lemmasflag (of truce) b. flag (of truce): a white flag, carried by a messenger or hoisted on a vessel, to express a wish for parley with the enemy. Hence, the person or the ship dispatched with a flag of truce. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > peace > [noun] > cessation of hostilities > suspension of hostilities > flag of white flag1578 flag1582 white colours1614 truce-flag1876 society > armed hostility > peace > [noun] > cessation of hostilities > suspension of hostilities > flag of > person or ship carrying flag1779 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias xlii. 98 Then the enimies helde up a flagge. [Margin] This flag was a sign and request of peace. 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 25 They hang out a flag of truse. 1775 R. Montgomery in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) I. 495 Firing upon a flag of truce. 1779 T. Jefferson Let. 1 Oct. in Papers (1951) III. 97 A flag sails hence tomorrow..to negociate the exchange of some prisoners. 1810 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) VI. 107 He should fire upon all flags in future. 1842 T. Campbell Napoleon & Brit. Sailor 62 He gave the tar a piece of gold, And, with a flag of truce, commanded He should be shipp'd to England Old. < as lemmas |
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