英语释义

1. a point some distance but not necessarily halfway down below the top of a mast or staff or the peak of a gaff

2. to cause to hang at half-mast
half-mast a flag

3. the position in the middle of a mast or pole

片语

Half-mast The Flag下半旗

half-mast belay半柱确保

half-mast target半升靶

flag at half-mast降半旗

half-mast nationwide全国降半旗

Flags at Half-mast降半旗

fly a flag at half-mast降半旗

half-staff下半旗（同 half-mast）

英汉例句

• Flags were at half mast everywhere on the day of the president's funeral.

  总统葬礼那天，全国到处降半旗致哀。

• Flags are flying at half mast across the country and public entertainment curtailed as a mark of respect, one week after the quake hit.

  全国各地都降半旗，公众娱乐活动被停止以纪念一星期前发生的那场地震受难者。

• He ordered all flags at the White House and other federal buildings to be flown at half mast until Veterans Day on November 11.

  白宫和其他所有联邦办公大楼一致降半旗直至11月11日美国老兵纪念日。

• The Russian national flag flies at half mast above the Hermitage museum in St. Petersburg during a day of national mourning for the victims of the weekend crash April 12, 2010.

  俄罗斯国旗苍蝇在一个为全国哀悼周末崩溃的受害者2010年4月12日一天，一半以上在圣彼得堡冬宫博物馆桅桿。

• In the UK, flags flew at half mast on government buildings and at Buckingham Palace.

  在英国，政府办公楼和白金汉宫的国旗都降了半旗。

• Here at our Consulate in Shanghai, an honor guard displays the American flag at half mast in memory of the victims.

  同时，美国驻上海总领事馆也进行了降半旗仪式以纪念遇难者。