banner
['bænә]
n. 旗帜

a. 著, 特别

[] 动板

1. The patriots fought under the banner of freedom.
   者自旗帜战斗。
2. The banner lent color to the streets.
   旗帜街道添彩。
3. It is the banner of noncontrol.
   标着摆脱控制。

banner
[ noun ]

1. long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising

<noun.artifact>

2. a newspaper headline that runs across the full page

<noun.communication>

3. any distinctive flag

<noun.artifact>

[ adj ]

1. unusually good; outstanding

<adj.all>
a banner year for the company

Banner \Ban"ner\ (b[a^]n"n[~e]r), n. [OE. banere, OF. baniere,
F. banni[`e]re, bandi[`e]re, fr. LL. baneria, banderia, fr.
bandum banner, fr. OHG. bant band, strip of cloth; cf. bindan
to bind, Goth. bandwa, bandwo, a sign. See {Band}, n.]
1. A kind of flag attached to a spear or pike by a
crosspiece, and used by a chief as his standard in battle.

Hang out our banners on the outward walls. --Shak.

2. A large piece of silk or other cloth, with a device or
motto, extended on a crosspiece, and borne in a
procession, or suspended in some conspicuous place.

3. Any flag or standard; as, the star-spangled banner.

{Banner fish} (Zo["o]l.), a large fish of the genus
{Histiophorus}, of the Swordfish family, having a broad
bannerlike dorsal fin; the sailfish. One species
({Histiophorus Americanus}) inhabits the North Atlantic.