badge
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
A distinctive mark, token, sign, emblem or cognizance, worn on one’s clothing, as an insignia of some rank, or of the membership of an organization.
the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman
- 2.
A small nameplate, identifying the wearer, and often giving additional information.
- 3.
A card, sometimes with a barcode or magnetic strip, granting access to a certain area.
- 4.
Something characteristic; a mark; a token.
- 5.
(obsolete)(obsolete, thieves' cant) A brand on the hand of a thief, etc.
He has got his badge, and piked.
- 6.
(nautical) A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one.
- 7.
(heraldry) A distinctive mark worn by servants, retainers, and followers of royalty or nobility, who, being beneath the rank of gentlemen, have no right to armorial bearings.
- 8.
(graphical user interface) A small overlay on an icon that shows additional information about that item, such as the number of new alerts or messages.
- 9.
(Internet)(Internet, video games) An icon or emblem awarded to a user for some achievement.
When you have checked in to the site from ten different cities, you unlock the Traveller badge.
- 10.
(slang)A police officer.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To mark or distinguish with a badge.
The television was badged as ‘GE’, but wasn’t made by them.
- 2.
(transitive)To show a badge to.
He calmed down a lot when the policeman badged him.
- 3.
(ambitransitive)To enter a restricted area by showing one’s badge.
Nguồn gốc từ
ine-pro From Middle English badge, bagge, bage, bagy, from bage or bagea, bagia (sign, emblem), of origin. Possibly derived from baga (ring), from bāg, bōg (ring, ornament), from Proto-Germanic *baugaz (ring, bracelet, armband); or possibly the Anglo-Norman word is derived from an earlier, unattested English word (compare bēag. Cognate with bagie, badgie, bawgy (badge).