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chevrons

/ˈʃevrənz/ /ˈʃevrɒnz/

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noun

人字形，V字形。

A V-shaped pattern; used in architecture, and as an insignia of military or police rank, on the sleeve

Examples :

"The sergeant's uniform displayed three chevrons on his sleeve, indicating his rank. "

这位中士的制服袖子上佩戴着三个人字形的臂章，表明了他的军衔。

architecture military police sign style heraldry

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noun

人字纹，V字纹。

A wide inverted V placed on a shield.

Examples :

"The knight's shield featured two bold, red chevrons against a silver background. "

那位骑士的盾牌上，银色的底面上装饰着两条醒目的红色人字纹。

heraldry sign military style war

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noun

人字标线, V形标线

One of the V-shaped markings on the surface of roads used to indicate minimum distances between vehicles.

Examples :

"The highway department painted new chevrons on the road to help drivers keep a safe distance from each other. "

公路部门在路面上重新漆了新的人字标线，帮助司机们保持安全的行车距离。

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noun

书名号，尖角引号。

A guillemet, either of the punctuation marks “«” or “»”, used in several languages to indicate passages of speech. Similar to typical quotation marks used in the English language such as ““” and “””.

Examples :

"In French class, we learned to use chevrons « » instead of quotation marks when writing dialogue. "

在法语课上，我们学习了用书名号« »（尖角引号）代替引号来书写对话。

grammar language writing mark sign linguistics

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noun

角形符号, 山形符号

An angle bracket, either used as a typographic or a scientific symbol.

Examples :

"The computer code used chevrons to indicate HTML tags: <p> for paragraph and

for heading. "

这段电脑代码使用角形符号来表示HTML标签：<p>代表段落，

代表标题。

sign technical math writing communication

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noun

小撇，抑扬符

A háček, a diacritical mark that may resemble an inverted circumflex.

Examples :

"The teacher explained that the symbols looking like small, upside-down "v" shapes above some letters in Czech words are called chevrons. "

老师解释说，捷克语单词里有些字母上方像小倒“v”的符号，就叫做小撇，也叫抑扬符。

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verb

形成V字形，呈V字形排列。

To form or be formed into chevrons

Examples :

"The geese chevroned across the autumn sky, heading south for the winter. "

大雁排成V字形，呈人字形队列飞过秋天的天空，往南迁徙过冬。

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