Definition of chevron in English:
chevron
noun ˈʃɛvrənˈʃɛvrən
1A V-shaped line or stripe, especially one on the sleeve of a uniform indicating rank or length of service.
V形线；V形条（尤指表示级别或服役期的V形臂部识别符）- That package includes some road markings, including chevrons and red surfacing, more road signs and extra visibility on ‘wider’ bends.
- Geometric designs have always feature prominently in Celtic artwork with spirals, chevrons, scrolls and knot work.
- Along with the Badge of Military Merit in the summer of 1782, Washington also authorized a chevron for enlisted personnel signifying each three years of satisfactory service.
- The new cheaper polyester ones look cheap and nasty and the chevrons are dull.
- On his sleeve was the chevron of a petty officer.
- The markings are a mixture of red paint and chevrons which urge motorists to move into the left hand lane shortly before the road becomes a single carriageway again.
- Those veterans who were authorized by Army Regulations 600-95 to wear wound chevrons could apply for the new award.
- We are getting issued with service chevrons - one for each year's service.
- His uniform fit his dark appearance, black with deep gold chevrons and embroidery decorating the sleeves and chest.
- Cars that wear the double chevron symbol have always seemed indelibly French.
- Enlisted grade inflation spiraled upward until 1945, by which time every infantry rifle company NCO had sewed on another chevron.
- Look for green and peach in denim or cord with chevron stripes and floaty dresses.
- Allied ground forces in Normandy used a white star for the same reason, and in the Gulf war in 1990-1 Allied vehicles bore a distinguishing chevron.
- Diagonal and chevron stripes and details help create a thinner middle shape by moving the eye toward your center, not your sides.
- Three chevrons on the shirtsleeves marked him as being a sergeant.
- He went out to help with the umpiring, wearing a white cricket jersey with chevron stripes, and a striped umbrella.
- The 1948 career plan created the Army's current pay grades and led to changes in chevrons.
- They have swiped hundreds of signs, including chevrons and direction indicators giving motorists advance notice of hazards.
- The north wall doubles as a media screen, and part of the south wall, boldly painted in red and black chevrons, pivots open to allow the largest works of art to be trucked in.
- One of the armoured ones sported the gold chevrons of an officer on his cuirass.
line, band, strip, belt, bar, swathe, streak, striation, vein, thread- 1.1Heraldry An ordinary in the form of a broad inverted V-shape.〔纹章〕宽V字形普通图记
- The dining-room of this old house is decorated with a coat of arms, chevrons, and bars rouge upon a field argent, which prove, upon inquiry, to be the shield of Nicholas de la Reynie, a high official of King Louis XIV.
Origin
Late Middle English (in heraldic use): from Old French, based on Latin caper 'goat'; compare with Latin capreoli (diminutive of caper) used to mean 'pair of rafters'.
Definition of chevron in US English:
chevron
nounˈʃɛvrənˈSHevrən
1A line or stripe in the shape of a V or an inverted V, especially one on the sleeve of a uniform indicating rank or length of service.
V形线；V形条（尤指表示级别或服役期的V形臂部识别符）- Enlisted grade inflation spiraled upward until 1945, by which time every infantry rifle company NCO had sewed on another chevron.
- Those veterans who were authorized by Army Regulations 600-95 to wear wound chevrons could apply for the new award.
- The markings are a mixture of red paint and chevrons which urge motorists to move into the left hand lane shortly before the road becomes a single carriageway again.
- That package includes some road markings, including chevrons and red surfacing, more road signs and extra visibility on ‘wider’ bends.
- On his sleeve was the chevron of a petty officer.
- Look for green and peach in denim or cord with chevron stripes and floaty dresses.
- Allied ground forces in Normandy used a white star for the same reason, and in the Gulf war in 1990-1 Allied vehicles bore a distinguishing chevron.
- They have swiped hundreds of signs, including chevrons and direction indicators giving motorists advance notice of hazards.
- Along with the Badge of Military Merit in the summer of 1782, Washington also authorized a chevron for enlisted personnel signifying each three years of satisfactory service.
- The north wall doubles as a media screen, and part of the south wall, boldly painted in red and black chevrons, pivots open to allow the largest works of art to be trucked in.
- He went out to help with the umpiring, wearing a white cricket jersey with chevron stripes, and a striped umbrella.
- Diagonal and chevron stripes and details help create a thinner middle shape by moving the eye toward your center, not your sides.
- The new cheaper polyester ones look cheap and nasty and the chevrons are dull.
- The 1948 career plan created the Army's current pay grades and led to changes in chevrons.
- We are getting issued with service chevrons - one for each year's service.
- One of the armoured ones sported the gold chevrons of an officer on his cuirass.
- Cars that wear the double chevron symbol have always seemed indelibly French.
- Geometric designs have always feature prominently in Celtic artwork with spirals, chevrons, scrolls and knot work.
- Three chevrons on the shirtsleeves marked him as being a sergeant.
- His uniform fit his dark appearance, black with deep gold chevrons and embroidery decorating the sleeves and chest.
line, band, strip, belt, bar, swathe, streak, striation, vein, thread- 1.1Heraldry An ordinary in the form of a broad inverted V-shape.〔纹章〕宽V字形普通图记
- The dining-room of this old house is decorated with a coat of arms, chevrons, and bars rouge upon a field argent, which prove, upon inquiry, to be the shield of Nicholas de la Reynie, a high official of King Louis XIV.
Origin
Late Middle English (in heraldic use): from Old French, based on Latin caper ‘goat’; compare with Latin capreoli (diminutive of caper) used to mean ‘pair of rafters’.