flag• His tongue is hanging out of the side of his mouth like a flag.• Sighing deeply, Democraticpundits and brokers are beginning to rally to the Clinton flag.• Coloredflagsflapped in a heavyseawind.• He saw the redflag come down for the final time over Red Square in Moscow.• the state flag of Montana• He could hear the beck-water rushing beneath the flags at his feet.• There was talk before everyone arrived here that she might be asked to carry the flag.• And take it down: Hotel is told it can't fly the flag.• The children wavedflags as the President's car drove by.
Flags ... flying at half-mast• The flags were flying at half-mast.
corner flag• With 17 minutesremaining the right-back Mario Melchiot was fouled by Ian Taylor near the left-handcorner flag.• Then winger Crawford Dobbin ran half the length of the pitch for the final score at the corner flag.• Dyer was almost over for a try but put a foot in touch at the corner flagspoiled the effort.• Harte fired the ball into the bottomcorner before heading for the corner flag to celebrate.• Then Goodman scored a softgoal with his head for a freekick near the corner flag.• It was Harlequins who opened the scoring ... Mike Wedderburn taking the scenicroute to the corner flag.
flag2 verb (flagged, flagging)
1[transitiveT]SHOW/LET somebody SEE something to make a mark against some information to show that it is important 标示,标出〔表示重要〕
I’ve flagged the parts I want to comment on.
我已经标示出我要评论的部分。
2[intransitiveI]TIRED to become tired or weak 疲倦;变虚弱
By the end of the meeting we had begun to flag.
会议结束时,我们已经开始打蔫了。
3flag somebody/something ↔ downphrasal verbphr vSTOP MOVINGto make the driver of a vehicle stop by waving at them 挥手拦下〔车辆〕
I flagged down a taxi.
我挥手拦下一辆出租车。
Examples from the Corpus
flag down• How about pantyhose made out of the flag?• John Macgill was at Edinburgh's Dreghorn barracks to see the flags come down.• Two young women flag me down.• After about two blocks, we flagged the driver down and climbed aboard.• He flagged a waiter down and grabbed two drinks from the silvertray.• He saw the red flag come down for the final time over Red Square in Moscow.• If some one tries to flag you down, make sure it is a genuineemergency before getting out of your car.• The official explanation was that a finishflag had blown down on to the mechanism and the timing had run on.