| 单词 | fog detonator |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfog detonator fog detonator n. Railways a small explosive device used to signal for a train driver to slow or stop, which is placed on the rails in foggy weather, or as an emergency measure, so as to be set off by the train as it passes; = fog signal n. 2, torpedo n. 3d. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > detonator used as fog signal fog signal1844 fog detonator1848 torpedo1877 fog1883 1848 Morning Chron. 21 Jan. Witness then produced one of the fog detonators. 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 17 Oct. 4/3 The cap of a fog-detonator. 1964 Guardian 6 Nov. 4/8 Police [warned]..children not to throw any fog detonators they might have found on to their bonfires. 2001 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 10 July 8 Some bring [to Drumcree protests] fireworks and fog detonators which, when they go off with the army in the background, look like an Edinburgh Tattoo display. < as lemmas |
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