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."
双语例句
1. The chevron or arrow road sign indicates a sharp bend to the left or right.
V形或箭头路标表示有向左或向右的急转弯。
来自柯林斯例句
2. First, they have used considerable imagination in defining what Chevron calls the " precise question at issue. "
首先, 法院运用了相当的想象来界定“切弗伦”案所称的 “ 有争议的确切问题 ”.
来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
3. The extra chevron must add a new distance calculation to the existing points.
现在多出的那个符号点,肯定是表示和现有坐标的距离.
来自电影对白
4. Today's oil giants Exxon and Chevron are the descendants of the company.
当今的石油巨头埃克森公司和雪弗龙公司均是其后裔.
来自互联网
5. Chevron , the country's second biggest , added 87 cents to $ 90.17.
