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词汇 chevron
释义 chevron
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈʃev.rən//ˈʃev.rɒn/ us /ˈʃev.rən/
a shape like a V or an upside down V, used especially on the sleeve of a police or military uniform to show the wearer's rank, or on road signs in Britain to show a severe bend in the road(尤指警服或军装袖子上表示等级的)V形图案;(英国用作路标、表示急转弯的)V形标记
 
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Examples from literature

But she had obliquely noticed that he was young and slim, and that he wore three chevrons upon his sleeve. 
Chevrons, service stripes, and campaign medals and badges are a part of the uniform and must be worn as prescribed. 
I suggested to him that he was rather a youngster to be wearing veteran chevrons. 
On his sleeve was the chevron of a petty officer. 
The capitals are all carved, and the arch moulds richly ornamented with chevrons, foliage, and lozenges, as well as many curious figure subjects. 

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Future developments will include the effect of finite surface anchoring and a more realistic representation of the chevron interface.
The minor lamellae appear as crescents or rounded chevrons.
In the model the chevron has been treated as an infinitely bound surface where the director is constrained to lie in the plane.
The same chevron-style analysis was applied to determine the kinetic parameters under this solvent condition.
A mutation can change a microscopic parameter which results in a change in the free energy surface and the chevron plot (black to red traces).
Constant gradient flows are discussed, together with symmetric and chevron configurations for such flow problems.
As a result, most of the northern ridges of nunataks preserve the northern limbs of chevron folds.
This is based on the principle of driving in through one end of the chevron and out through the other end.
They define a series of secondorder chevron-like quilts that, in turn, appear to be subdivided by third-order furrows.
Note that the continuation of the chevron denoting strict prediction ever-widens (weakens) towards the outer bounds of the spectrum to the right, becoming something of a vestigial presence.
This may require the full compressible continuum theory, although some improvements may be possible using the incompressible theory, for example by ensuring continuous couple stress across the chevron interface.
On the exterior face of most bowls, the decorated zone is divided into quarters, each of which depicts an identical combination of lines, chevrons, or other standardized figures.
The question of extending the award of chevrons to these men in dockyard craft has been considered.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
We are currently experimenting with chevron markings on motorways.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
Further work was considered necessary to see if the chevrons would be successful in different conditions.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
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