ensign

英 ['ensa?n] 美['?ns?n]

近義詞officer

暢通詞匯TEM8GRE低頻詞

復(fù)數(shù):?ensigns;

1、en- "in" + sign-.
2、ensign <=> insignia.

ensign 艦旗

en-, 進(jìn)入，使。sign, 記號(hào)，標(biāo)志。

ensign: ensign: see sign
ensign (n.): early 15c., "a token, sign, symbol; badge of office, mark or insignia of authority or rank;" also "battle flag, flag or banner of a ship or troop of soldiers," via Scottish, from Old French enseigne (12c.) "mark, symbol, signal; flag, standard, pennant," from Latin insignia (plural); see insignia, which is a doublet of this word. As the word for the soldier who carries the flag, 1510s. U.S. Navy sense of "commissioned officer of the lowest rank" is from 1862. French navy had rank of enseigne de vaisseau since at least early 18c. Until 1871 one of the lowest grades of commissioned officers in a British army infantry regiment, also a rank in the American Revolutionary army.

2. Ensign was a retriever, and retrieved everything that wasn't nailed down.: “恩塞恩”是一種能尋回獵物的獵犬,無論什么東西,只要不是用釘子釘牢,它都能找回來.

3. He then waved the tattered ensign above his head.: 然后,他將那面支離破碎的旗子高高舉過頭頂揮舞起來.

4. This rascal had the sassiest bride of any ensign in the old division.: 在當(dāng)時(shí)艦隊(duì)里所有的海軍少尉中,就數(shù)這家伙的新娘最漂亮了.

5. Those fellows believe that one can't become a general without having served first as an ensign.: 一個(gè)沒有以少尉身份服兵役的人居然當(dāng)了將軍,對他們來說,幾乎是無法想象的.