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/shev-ruhn/US // ˈʃɛv rən //UK // (ˈʃɛvrən) //

雪佛龙,雪弗龙,旗袍,旗帜性的

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a badge consisting of stripes meeting at an angle, worn on the sleeve by noncommissioned officers, police officers, etc., as an indication of rank, service, or the like.
    • : an ornament in this form, as on a molding.
    • : Also called chevron weave . herringbone.
    • : Heraldry. an ordinary in the form of an inverted V.

Examples

  • Subject has military bearing, short haircut, brought a military uniform or wears the Cossack chevron insignia.

  • Neither Chevron nor Chesapeake provided information about their expense deductions.

  • Nothing is sure in this business, but in the Ukraine, Shell and Chevron appear to have doubled down.

  • There are cotises either side of the chevron which are white (Argent).

  • A Chevron Or means the gold chevron across the centre of the Shield.

  • These are very elaborately moulded, the outer sides being ornamented with chevron decoration.

  • The arches are almost flat, and decorated with a kind of chevron moulding very rarely met with.

  • The west doorway of the Priory Church, with its “chevron” tracery, is a glorious specimen of Norman architecture.

  • There is a beautiful Norman doorway in the nave of the church, ornamented with chevron mouldings in a lavish fashion.

  • They have no transverse processes or neural spines, nor indications of ribs, or chevron bones.