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placard

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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plac·ard /ˈplækɑːd $ -ərd/ noun [countable]  PPADVERTISEa large notice or advertisement on a piece of card, which is put up or carried in a public place 广告;广告牌;布告;标语牌;招贴 a huge placard saying ‘Welcome to Derbyville’ 印有欢迎来到德比维尔的巨幅标语牌5 see picture at 见图 sign1
Examples from the Corpus
placardThis made a placard spring out in the kitchen.However, the department says it can do nothing about people with questionable disabilities legitimately obtaining a placard.A small group of black dancers picketed the theater for two days, carrying placards and occasionally shouting slogans.It voted last week to determine whether doctors are giving placards to the undeserving.At Starbucks' corporate headquarters, the signature mermaid placard toppled into the parking lot below.One placard in the crowd read, "Enough is enough!"The men, members of the gay rights group Outrage, paraded placards in front of the altar before leaving peacefully.He turned, like a winning boxer, and raised up both arms, still brandishing the placard.He waved the placard in a wild and thoroughly stupid manner.
Origin placard (1400-1500) French Old French plaquier to make flat
plac·ard nounChineseSyllable
on or piece a large advertisement Corpus a notice


placard
placard /ˈplækɑːd $ -ərd/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1400-1500
 Language: French
 Origin: Old French plaquier 'to make flat'
a large notice or advertisement on a piece of card, which is put up or carried in a public place:
    a huge placard saying ‘Welcome to Derbyville’


plac·ardBrE /ˈplækɑːd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈplækɑːrd/ 🔊 nouna large written or printed notice that is put in a public place or carried on a stick in a march 标语牌;广告牌;招贴;海报They were carrying placards and banners demanding that he resign. 人们手持标语牌和横幅,要求他下台。🔊🔊

civil disobedience, demonstrate, hunger strike, march, occupy, placard, protest, riot, sabotage, uprising