英国国旗并不完全对称_西方文化

英国国旗并不完全对称

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2019-04-20 07:06 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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The UK flag is NOT entirely¹ symmetrical!

英国国旗并不是完全对称的！

You can rotate the flag and it still will be the right way up but you can't invert² it.

Look at the white diagonals and you will see why.

On the side next to the flagpole, (the hoist³ side), the thick white band is above the red band on both diagonals, the white band being part of the cross of St Andrew, the Scottish flag and the red band being part of the cross of St Patrick, the Irish flag.

The cross of St Andrew is above that of St Patrick at the hoist because the cross was added to the flag before St Patrick's cross.

On the side that flutters free, the fly side, this is reversed, with the Irish flag being above the Scottish flag.

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1 entirely
ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地
参考例句：
The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。 His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

2 invert
vt.使反转，使颠倒，使转化
参考例句：
She catch the insect by invert her cup over it.她把杯子倒扣在昆虫上，将它逮住了。 Invert the cake onto a cooling rack.把蛋糕倒扣在冷却架上。

3 hoist
n.升高，起重机，推动；v.升起，升高，举起
参考例句：
By using a hoist the movers were able to sling the piano to the third floor.搬运工人用吊车才把钢琴吊到3楼。 Hoist the Chinese flag on the flagpole,please!请在旗杆上升起中国国旗！

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