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checkered flag

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˌcheckered ˈflag (also chequered flag British English) noun [countable]  DSOa flag covered with black and white squares that is waved at the end of a motor race 〔汽车赛开始和结束时挥舞的〕黑白格子旗
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checkered flagPeter waved Earnhardt into heaven with a checkered flag...Labonte spun out as he took the checkered flag, still the winner but battered and bruised by Earnhardt's persistence.Carelli, winless since mid-June of last year, lost a five-second lead with the checkered flag in sight.
ˌcheckered ˈflag nounChineseSyllable
and white Corpus squares that covered flag with black a


checkered flag
ˌcheckered ˈflag (also chequered flag British English) noun [countable]
a flag covered with black and white squares that is waved at the beginning and end of a motor race