释义 |
Bow-street|ˈbəʊstriːt| A street in London near Covent-Garden, in which the principal metropolitan police-court is situated: hence Bow-street officer, -runner, etc., a police officer.
1812Examiner 19 Oct. 663/1 Supported by a Bow-street Officer. 1838Dickens O. Twist xxx, ‘It's the runners!’..‘The what!’..‘The Bow-street officers.’ |