| 单词 | placard |
| 释义 | placard (once / 2056 pages) nv A placard is a sign, especially one that advertises something. You might get a summer job standing on the sidewalk, holding a placard that announces a mattress sale — though it may not be your dream job. A concert poster, a storefront notice, a protest sign carried in a rally — each of these is a type of placard. A placard can be as impermanent as a square of cardboard with a scrawled message, and as official as a permanent plaque marking a historic building. The Old French word plaquier is at the root of placard, and it means "to plaster or to lay flat." WORD FAMILYplacard: placarded, placarding, placards USAGE EXAMPLESProtesters on Sunday held placards in support of the four lawmakers. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) She carries a Homegrown By Heroes placard with her to those markets. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) In another, she holds a placard printed with Sojourner Truth’s famous refrain, “Ar’n’t I a Woman,” on a narrow stretch of Canal Street. The New Yorker(Dec 28, 2016) 1n a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement Syn|Hypo|Hyper bill, card, notice, poster, posting show bill, show card, theatrical poster a poster advertising a show or play flash card, flashcarda card with words or numbers or pictures that is flashed to a class by the teacher sign a public display of a message 2v post in a public place Hyper post affix in a public place or for public notice 3v publicize or announce by placards Syn|Hyper bill post publicize with, or as if with, a poster |
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