flag

• vi. 标记；衰退；枯萎
• vt. 标记；插旗
• n. 标志；旗子

来自辅音丛fl, 扑腾，拍打，拟声词。即模仿旗帜或菖蒲在风中晃动的声音。引申义热情衰减，主要用于形容词unflagging, 不懈的。

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

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

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

4. 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.

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

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

7. a conspicuously marked or shaped tail

flag

flag: English has at least three separate words flag, none of whose origins are known for certain. Both the noun ‘cloth used as an emblem’ [16] and the verb ‘droop, decline’ [16] may have developed from an obsolete 16th-century adjective flag ‘drooping, hanging down’, but no one knows where that came from. Flag the plant [14] is probably related to Danish flæg ‘yellow iris’, but beyond that the trail goes cold. Flag as in flag-stone [15] originally meant ‘piece of turf’.

It probably came from Old Norse flaga ‘stone slab’. This also gave English flaw (which originally meant ‘flake’), which is related to English floe, and goes back to a Germanic base, a variant of which produced English flake.
=> flake, flaw, floe

flag (n.1)

"cloth ensign," late 15c., now in all modern Germanic languages (German Flagge, Dutch vlag, Danish flag, Swedish flagg, etc.) but apparently first recorded in English, of unknown origin, but likely connected to flag (v.1) or else an independent imitative formation "expressing the notion of something flapping in the wind" [OED]. A guess considered less likely is that it is from flag (n.2) on the notion of being square and flat.

Meaning "name and editorial information on a newspaper" is by 1956. U.S. Flag Day (1894) is in reference to the adopting of the Stars and Stripes by the Continental Congress on June 14, 1777.

flag (v.1)

1540s, "flap about loosely," probably a later variant of Middle English flakken, flacken "to flap, flutter" (late 14c.), which probably is from Old Norse flaka "to flicker, flutter, hang losse," perhaps imitative of something flapping lazily in the wind. Sense of "go limp, droop, become languid" is first recorded 1610s. Related: Flagged; flagging.

flag (n.2)

"flat stone for paving," c. 1600, ultimately from Old Norse flaga "stone slab," from Proto-Germanic *flago- (see flake (n.)). Earlier in English as "piece cut from turf or sod" (mid-15c.), from Old Norse flag "spot where a piece of turf has been cut out," from flaga.

flag (n.3)

plant growing in moist places, late 14c., "reed, rush," perhaps from Scandinavian (compare Danish flæg "yellow iris") or from Dutch flag; perhaps ultimately connected to flag (v.1) on notion of "fluttering in the breeze."

flag (v.2)

1875, "place a flag on or over," from flag (n.1). Meaning "designate as someone who will not be served more liquor," by 1980s, probably from use of flags to signal trains, etc., to halt, which led to a verb meaning "inform by means of signal flags" (1856, American English). Meaning "to mark so as to be easily found" is from 1934 (originally by means of paper tabs on files). Related: Flagged; flagging.

flag, banner

这两个名词均有"旗"之意。

flag： 普通用词，含义最广，多指有彩色图案，悬挂于旗杆或绳索上的长方形旗帜，或国旗，也可指单位或组织的旗。

banner： 比较庄重文雅的用词，指表示象征性的旗帜，如常用于指党旗或代表某种主义的旗。

When you forget entire experiences, he says, that's "a red flag that something more serious may be involved."

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More than a century has passed since explorers raced to plant their flags at the bottom of the world, and for decades to come this continent is supposed to be protected as a scientific preserve, shielded from intrusions like military activities and mining.

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Because their behaviors are not usually seen as a red flag, these young people have been dubbed the invisible risk group by the study's authors.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

The report flagged up the dangers of under-age drinking.

这篇报道引起大众对未成年人饮酒危害的关注。

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flagging support/enthusiasm

日益减少的支持；渐渐低落的热情

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Her confidence had never flagged.

她的信心从未减弱。

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It had been a long day and the children were beginning to flag.

这一天真漫长，孩子们都累得打起蔫来。

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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。

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I've flagged the paragraphs that we need to look at in more detail.

我已用特殊记号标出我们需要更详细考虑的段落。

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The American flag was flying .

美国国旗飘扬。

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All the flags were at half mast (= in honour of a famous person who has died) .

到处都下半旗致哀。

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The black and white flag went down, and the race began.

黑白旗落下，赛跑开始了。

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to swear allegiance to the flag

面对旗帜作效忠宣誓

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He was working under the flag of the United Nations.

他在联合国工作。

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yellow flags

黄菖蒲

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the flag of Italy

意大利国旗

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The hotel flies the European Union flag .

这家饭店悬挂着欧盟的旗帜。

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the Italian flag

意大利国旗

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His enthusiasm was in no way flagging...

他的热情丝毫未减。

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By 4,000m he was beginning to flag.

跑到4,000米时，他开始体力不支。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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They had raised the white flag in surrender.

他们已经举起白旗投降。

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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。

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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。

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