flag

1. N-COUNT 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. 旗幟

The Marines climbed to the roof of the embassy building to raise the American flag. 海軍陸戰隊士兵爬上使館大樓的樓頂去陞美國國旗。

2. N-COUNT 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. 國家或組織 (新聞用語)

Every person who serves under the American flag will answer to his or her own superiors and to military law. 每一個在美軍服役的人都必須服從自己的上級和軍法。

3. N an indicator, that may be set or unset, used to indicate a condition or to stimulate a particular reaction in the execution of a computer program 指示器[計算機]

4. N the conspicuously marked tail of a deer 鹿尾顯著標記

5. N any of various plants that have long swordlike leaves, esp the iris Iris pseudacorus (yellow flag) 長有細長葉子的植物

6. N flagstone的縮寫→short for flagstone

7. V-I If you flag or if your spirits flag, you begin to lose enthusiasm or energy. (熱情、精力等) 衰退

His enthusiasm was in no way flagging. 他的熱情絲毫沒有減退。

8. V to warn or signal (a vehicle) to stop 警示或指示(汽車)停下

9. V to mark (a page in a book, card, etc) for attention by attaching a small tab or flag (在書頁和卡片等)用標簽做記號

10. V to draw attention to (something) 引起注意(某物)[AUSTRALIAN]