flag

noun

1. a conspicuously marked or shaped tail

2. emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design

3. stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones

Synonym: flagstone

4. flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green

Synonym: pin

5. a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc.

Synonym: masthead

6. a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device

Synonym: signal flag

7. plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals

Synonym: irisfleur-de-lissword lily

verb

1. become less intense

Synonym: ease upease offslacken off

2. provide with a flag

e.g. Flag this file so that I can recognize it immediately

3. communicate or signal with a flag

4. decorate with flags

e.g. the building was flagged for the holiday

5. droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness

Synonym: sagdroopswag

1. 旗;旗帜;(尤指)国旗
A flag is a piece of cloth which can be attached to a pole and which is used as a sign, signal, or symbol of something, especially of a particular country.

e.g. The Marines climbed to the roof of the embassy building to raise the American flag...
海军陆战队队员爬到使馆大楼顶上，升起了美国国旗。
e.g. They had raised the white flag in surrender.
他们已经举起白旗投降。

2. (在售旗募捐日出售或在某个位置上作标记用的)小旗，旗状物
A flag is a small piece of paper or cloth attached to a stick or pin which is sold on a flag day or used to mark a particular spot.

3. 旗帜(新闻用语，代指某个国家、组织或其价值观、权力)
Journalists sometimes refer to the flag of a particular country or organization as a way of referring to the country or organization itself and its values or power.

e.g. Joining John Whitaker will be his brother Michael also riding under the British flag...
约翰·惠特克将与他的兄弟迈克尔一起代表英国参加这场自行车赛。
e.g. The airport was opened by Canadian troops operating under the flag of the United Nations.
机场由加拿大军队以联合国的名义开放。

4. 松劲;泄气;疲乏
If you flag or if your spirits flag, you begin to lose enthusiasm or energy.

flag的解释

e.g. His enthusiasm was in no way flagging...
他的热情丝毫未减。
e.g. By 4,000m he was beginning to flag.
跑到4,000米时，他开始体力不支。

5. 同 flagstone
A flag is the same as a flagstone .

6. (在国外时)表示并号召拥护自己的国家;（为少数人支持的事业)摇旗呐喊
If you fly the flag, you show that you are proud of your country, or that you support a particular cause, especially when you are in a foreign country or when few other people do.

e.g. Steve Crabb can fly the flag with distinction for Britain in Barcelona.
史蒂夫·克拉布在巴塞罗那可以旗帜鲜明地支持英国。

7. 挥手拦下，招手叫(尤指出租车)
If you flag down a vehicle, especially a taxi, you wave at it as a signal for the driver to stop.

e.g. Marlette was already out of the door, flagging down a taxi.
马利特已经出门了，正挥手招呼一辆出租车。

相关词组：flag down

1. 旗帜：在此可以目睹贾斯珀.约翰(Jasper John)那久负盛名的<Flag)>>和罗伊.里奇顿斯特(Roy Lichtenstein)的<>,两件无疑都是当代艺术的经典之作.

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2. 旗：例如,在组织学生学习有(has)、星(star)、民族的或国家的(national)、旗(flag)等单词时,把它组成句子,与我们的国旗联系起来,从国旗引申出爱国主义的教育,使学生树立爱国旗、爱祖国的思想感情.

3. flag的解释

3. 国旗：美国著名普普艺术家约翰斯(Jasper Johns)的画作<>(Flag),周二在纽约佳士得拍卖会上,以2860万美元的天价成交,刷新这位美国艺术家作品的个人成交价纪录.

4. flag：fiber – optic link around the globe; 环球光纤链路

5. flag

5. flag：flg; 标志（触发器），旗

6. flag：f; 标记