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CET4TEM4IELTS考研TOEFLCET6中低頻詞常用詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?banners;

banner 旗幟

詞源同band , 綁，旗幟。

banner: banner: [13] Banner is of Germanic origin, but it reached English via Latin. Early forms which show its Germanic antecedents are Gothic bandwo ‘sign’ and the related Old Norse benda ‘give a sign’, but at some stage it was acquired by Latin, as bandum ‘standard’. This passed via Vulgar Latin *bandāria into various Romance languages, in some of which the influence of derivatives of Germanic *bann- (source of English ban) led to the elimination of the d. Hence Old French baniere and Anglo-Norman banere, source of English banner.
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banner (n.): c. 1200, from Old French baniere (Modern French bannière) "flag, banner, standard," from Late Latin bandum "standard," borrowed from a West Germanic cognate of Gothic bandwa "a sign" (see band (n.2)). Figurative use from early 14c. Of newspaper headlines, from 1913.

1. Lucy had strung a banner across the wall saying "Welcome Home Daddy".: 露西在墻上掛了一條橫幅，上面寫著“歡迎爸爸回家”。

2. All countries march as one nation under the banner of friendship.: 所有國家在友誼的旗幟下團結(jié)一致，共同前進。

3. I felt the banner rip as we were pushed in opposite directions.: 當我們被推向相反的方向時，我感覺橫幅被撕裂了。

4. Some prisoners climbed onto the roof and hung up a banner.: 幾個囚犯爬上房頂，掛起了一面旗子。

5. Nothing to be heard but the soft flap of a silk banner.: 萬籟俱寂，只有一面綢制旗子輕輕飄動的響聲。