ensign
ensign 英 [ˈensən] 美 [ˈɛnsən, -ˌsaɪn]
n. 旗；海军少尉；徽章
名词复数:ensigns
- Use the noun ensign when you talk about a Navy officer. An ensign's rank is just below lieutenant and above a non commissioned petty officer or midshipman.
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- n. 旗；海军少尉；徽章
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1. For an instant, it stared at me;then, like a white ensign, its tail shot up a warning, and the deer bounded into the night.
有片刻它看着我，随即把尾巴像白色军旗似的举起来以示警告，便跳进黑暗中去了。
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2. Indeed, alongside the ensign of the rising red sun against a backdrop of white, it has become the most treasured symbol of the Japanese nation.
确实，和日本国旗上白色背景下的红日一起，富士山已经成为日本最宝贵的民族象征。
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3. So long as he can discern every star in its place upon that ensign
只要他能看清那旗帜上的每一颗星
- 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 at least since 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.
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