单词 | distance signal |
释义 | > as lemmasdistance signal distance signal n. Railways (now chiefly South Asian) a signal preceding the home signal (home signal n.) giving warning of the latter's setting; = distant signal n. at distant adj. and n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1848 Morning Chron. 12 Sept. 2/4 (headline) New distance signal on the South-Western Railway. 1909 Pall Mall Mag. 43 588/1 We pulled into Barford thirty seconds ahead of time, or rather we pulled up at the distance signal that stood at ‘danger’. 1989 B. P. Saha Police in Free India ii. 40 If a dead body is lying on the railway line beyond the distance signal, GRP without verification may ask the district police to initiate action. < as lemmas |
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