英语词汇ensign的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	ensign
词源	ensign. No ensigns served in the early American navy, for ensign only became the lowest commissioned rank in 1862. Ensign simply means “banner,” and the first ensigns were Brit- ish army officers who led a group of men under a flag.
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