earmark

Các nghĩa

1. dấu tai (đánh dấu trên tai gia súc)

   A mark made or tag attached to the ear of an animal (chiefly a livestock animal), generally to identify or indicate something about the animal, such as ownership, health or gestation status, etc.

   Some mark them [sheep] vvith Raddle and make Ear-marks.

2. dấu hiệu nhận biết, dấu hiệu phân biệt

   A distinguishing or identifying mark or sign; specifically (archaic), a mark of ownership.

   figuratively

   [H]e ſhoulde be dyſcryued by hys rounding and his eare marke: […]

   […] I saw in my patient one of the most forbidding men I have ever met. He had all the earmarks of a criminal.

3. sự chỉ định (ngân quỹ) cho mục đích cụ thể

   An act of designating certain funds to be used for a specific purpose.

   figuratively

4. sự chỉ định ngân sách liên bang cho dự án cụ thể (do Quốc hội)

   Specifically, a designation by the Congress that certain federal funds be appropriated for a specific project.

   us · figuratively

Dạng khác

• earmarks plural