flag
noun /flæɡ/
/flæɡ/
Idioms - enlarge imagea piece of cloth with a special coloured design on it that may be the symbol of a particular country or organization, may be used to give a signal or may have a particular meaning. A flag can be attached to a pole (= a long thin straight piece of wood or metal) or held in the hand.
旗 - the Italian flag
意大利国旗 - the flag of Italy
意大利国旗 - The hotel flies the European Union flag.
这家旅馆悬挂着欧盟的旗帜。 - The American flag was flying.
美国国旗飘扬。 - Hundreds of people cheered and waved flags.
数百人欢呼并挥舞旗帜。 - All the flags were at half mast (= in honour of a famous person who has died).
到处都下半旗致哀。 - The black and white flag went down, and the race began.
黑白旗落下，赛跑开始了。 - The assistant referee had raised his flag for offside.
助理裁判举起了越位的旗子。 - A large Brazilian flag fluttered above the podium.
讲台上飘扬着一面巨大的巴西国旗。 - His shot went closer to the corner flag than the goal.
他的射门比球门更靠近角旗。 - Australia's flag bearer (= person who carried the flag) at the Sydney Olympics
悉尼奥运会上澳大利亚的旗手
Topics Sports: ball and racket sportsb1- A tattered flag hung from the roof of the burnt-out building.
一面破旗挂在烧毁的建筑物房顶上。 - The crowd all waved flags as the president came past.
总统经过时，人群中每个人都挥动着旗帜。 - The fact that it was so cheap should have been a warning flag for me.
这东西这么便宜，早就应该引起我的警惕了。 - a flag fluttering in the breeze
微风中飘扬的旗帜 - a flag of truce
休战旗
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- national
- battle
- burning
- …
- fly
- hang
- hang out
- …
- hang
- flap
- flutter
- …
- pole
- under a/the flag
- flag of
- flag of convenience
- flag of surrender
- the Italian flag
- used to refer to a particular country or organization and its beliefs and values
旗帜（指某国家或组织及其信仰和价值观） - to swear allegiance to the flag
面对旗帜作效忠宣誓 - under a flag The team competed under the Olympic flag.
该队在奥林匹克旗帜下比赛。 - under the flag of something He was working under the flag of the United Nations.
他在联合国工作。
- to swear allegiance to the flag
- a flower that is a type of iris and that grows near water
菖蒲；鸢尾；香蒲 - yellow flags
黄菖蒲
- yellow flags
- (also flagstone)a large flat square piece of stone that is used for floors, paths, etc.
（体育运动的）信号旗，标志旗
词源noun senses 1 to 3 mid 16th cent.: perhaps from obsolete flag ‘drooping’, of unknown ultimate origin. noun sense 5 late Middle English (also in the sense ‘turf, sod’): probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Icelandic flag ‘spot from which a sod has been cut’ and Old Norse flaga ‘slab of stone’. noun sense 4 late Middle English: related to Middle Dutch flag and Danish flæg; of unknown ultimate origin.
Idioms
fly/show/wave the flag
- to show your support for your country, an organization or an idea to encourage or persuade others to do the same
表示并号召拥护自己的国家（或某组织、某思想）
keep the flag flying
- to represent your country or organization
代表自己的国家（或组织） - Our exporters keep the flag flying at international trade exhibitions.
我们的出口商在国际贸易展览会上代表我们的国家参展。
- Our exporters keep the flag flying at international trade exhibitions.
like waving a red flag in front of a bull (US English)
(British English a red rag to a bull)
- something that is likely to make somebody very angry
斗牛的红布；激起人怒火的事物