ensign

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A badge of office, rank, or power.
    — The Ensigns of our Power about we bear; / And every Land pays Tribute to the Fair.
  2. The lowest grade of commissioned officer in the United States Navy, junior to a lieutenant junior grade.
    — The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy.
  3. A flag or banner carried by military units; a standard or color/colour.
    — Hang up your ensigns, let your drums be still,
  4. The principal flag or banner flown by a ship (usually at the stern) to indicate nationality.
    — But Alcibiades swiftly ran up the Athenian ensign on his flagship and bore down on that part of the Peloponnesian fleet which held the advantage and was pursuing the Athenians.
  5. Any prominent flag or banner.
    — Ten thousand thousand ensigns high advanced.
  6. A junior commissioned officer in the 18th and 19th centuries whose duty was to carry the unit's ensign. historical
动词 v.
  1. To designate as by an ensign. obsolete
    — HENRY but ioyn’d the Roses, that ensign’d / Particular families, but this hath ioyn’d / The Rose and Thistle,
  2. To distinguish by a mark or ornament.
  3. To distinguish by an ornament, especially by a crown.
    — Any charge which has a crown immediately above or upon it, is said to be ensigned.

词形变化

ensigns plural ensigns present,singular,third-person ensigning participle,present ensigned participle,past ensigned past

词汇关系

近义词
badge coronet second lieutenant first NATO commissioned officer grade above OF-0 trainee officer
衍生词
civil ensign ensigncy ensign first class ensign fly ensignhood ensign scale ensignship merchant ensign red ensign revenue ensign ship of the line ensign ship-of-the-line ensign ship of the line ensign first class ship-of-the-line ensign first class ship-of-the-line ensign second class ship of the line ensign second class

词源

词源 1
From Middle English ensigne, from Old French enseigne, from Latin īnsignia, nominative plural of īnsigne, meaning marked, distinguished. Doublet of insignia.
词源 2
From Middle English ensigne, from Old French enseigne, from Latin īnsignia, nominative plural of īnsigne, meaning marked, distinguished. Doublet of insignia.
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