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flagman

/flag-muhn/US // ˈflæg mən //UK // (ˈflæɡmən) //

旗手,旗人

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural flag·men.

    • : a person who signals with a flag or lantern, as at a railroad crossing.
    • : a person who has charge of or carries a flag.

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Examples

  • The division engineer, with his front flagman, had already galloped half a mile away across the plain.

  • He has also made some changes in his force, and is going to see what sort of a front flagman Glen Eddy will make.

  • Three shrill whistle calls sent a sleepy flagman racing to set the switch of the siding.

  • Heres a handful, my hearty, and the flagman darted into the little shanty and out again with a fistful of great chunks of chalk.

  • The flagman on the end of the train had helped the boy aboard the last car as the train started to move.