英语词汇“on amber”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

> as lemmas

on (also at) amber

P2. on (also at) amber: (of a set of traffic lights) showing an amber light; (hence figurative, of a person, proceeding, etc.): unable to progress; temporarily held up or held back.

ΚΠ

1935 Evening Gaz. (Xenia, Ohio) 23 Apr. 3/3 (headline) Traffic lights on amber for police.

1976 West Lancs. Evening Gaz. 8 Dec. 18/6 His career will stay on amber for a few months yet.

1988 Times (Nexis) 28 July The drivers we prosecuted were not just people who crossed traffic lights at amber.

2011 G. Kennell Black Pepper & Strawberries 133 The lights were on amber now and Frobisher was traveling at an impossible speed.

extracted from ambern.²adj.

as lemmas

单词	on amber
释义	> as lemmas on (also at) amber P2. on (also at) amber: (of a set of traffic lights) showing an amber light; (hence figurative, of a person, proceeding, etc.): unable to progress; temporarily held up or held back. ΚΠ 1935 Evening Gaz. (Xenia, Ohio) 23 Apr. 3/3 (headline) Traffic lights on amber for police. 1976 West Lancs. Evening Gaz. 8 Dec. 18/6 His career will stay on amber for a few months yet. 1988 Times (Nexis) 28 July The drivers we prosecuted were not just people who crossed traffic lights at amber. 2011 G. Kennell Black Pepper & Strawberries 133 The lights were on amber now and Frobisher was traveling at an impossible speed. extracted from ambern.²adj. < as lemmas
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