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单词 flag
释义

flagnoun [ C ]

uk/flæɡ/us/flæɡ/

flag noun [ C ] (SYMBOL)

B1 a piece of cloth, usually rectangular and attached to a pole at one edge, that has a pattern that shows it represents a country or a group, or has a particular meaning:

Flags of all the participating countries are flying outside the stadium.
Flags were flapping/fluttering in the breeze.
The guard waved his flag and the train pulled away from the station.

More examples

  • It's a crime to desecrate the country's flag.
  • You're not allowed to swim when the red flag is flying.
  • The palace flags were all flying at half-mast.
  • There were flags on the tops of many of the buildings.
  • A flag fluttered from a 40-foot pole.

flag noun [ C ] (STONE)

UK a flagstone

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Building materials

  • adobe
  • airbrick
  • asbestos
  • asphalt
  • bitumen
  • boarding
  • flagstone
  • flitch
  • floorboard
  • flooring
  • hard core
  • lacquer
  • limestone
  • putty
  • razor wire
  • reinforced concrete
  • roofing
  • rubble
  • shingle
  • weatherboarding

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flag noun [ C ] (PLANT)

a flower that is a type of large iris

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Flowers & flowering plants

  • anemone
  • antirrhinum
  • aster
  • aubretia
  • begonia
  • catkin
  • delphinium
  • dogwood
  • evening primrose
  • forget-me-not
  • forsythia
  • marigold
  • narcissus
  • nasturtium
  • oleander
  • orchid
  • water lily
  • wild flower
  • wisteria
  • woodbine

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Idiom(s)

keep the flag flying
put the flags out!
wave/show/fly the flag

flagverb

uk/flæɡ/us/flæɡ/-gg-

flag verb (MARK)

[ T ] to put a mark on something so it can be found easily among other similar things:

Flag any files that might be useful later.

[ T ] specialized computing to mark computer information with one of two possible values so that you can deal with it later:

We'll flag the records of interest in the database and then we can give you a print-out.

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Identifying

  • ascribe sth to sb
  • biometric
  • character recognition
  • color-coded
  • colour-coded
  • distinguishing
  • dog tag
  • id
  • ID card
  • identifiable
  • identification
  • identity card
  • paper
  • passport
  • pick
  • separate the sheep from the goats idiom
  • sheep
  • stamp
  • tell
  • tell sth/sb apart

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Operating computers

flag verb (BECOME TIRED)

[ I ] to become tired, weaker, or less effective:

I was starting to flag after the ninth mile.
The conversation was flagging.

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Becoming and making less strong

  • abate
  • adulterate
  • attenuate
  • attrition
  • blow over
  • blunt
  • decline
  • dial
  • dim
  • emasculate
  • flagging
  • jelly
  • keep sb down
  • knock/take the stuffing out of sb/sth idiom
  • muffle
  • neutralize
  • pine
  • sag
  • wilt
  • wither on the vine idiom

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Phrasal verb(s)

flag sth/sb down
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