late 14c., from Old French chevron "rafter; chevron" (13c.), the accent mark so called because it looks like rafters of a shallow roof, from Vulgar Latin *caprione, from Latin caper "goat" (see cab); the hypothetical connection between goats and rafters being the animal's angular hind legs. Compare Latin capreolus "props, stays, short pieces of timber for support," lit. "wild goat, chamoix."
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. The chevron or arrow road sign indicates a sharp bend to the left or right.
V形或箭頭路標(biāo)表示有向左或向右的急轉(zhuǎn)彎。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. First, they have used considerable imagination in defining what Chevron calls the " precise question at issue. "