单词 | panda car |
释义 | > as lemmaspanda car b. British colloquial. More fully panda car. A police patrol car having a broad white stripe painted on a dark background. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor car > [noun] > police car police cruiser1858 police car1881 prowl car1922 cruiser1929 unit1929 patrol car1931 scout car1933 squad car1938 Z-car1961 black and white1965 panda1966 squad1974 1966 Guardian 13 Sept. 8/4 Special one-man patrol cars—painted blue with a broad white stripe and known as ‘Pandas’. 1969 J. Wainwright Take-over Men i. 13 What about your Panda Patrols? Your closed-circuit television? 1971 Daily Tel. 10 May 2/2 It was felt that panda drivers should be warned that the vehicles were not meant to be pursuit cars. 1974 ‘A. Gilbert’ Nice Little Killing vi. 82 He got out his old second-hand car—the village bobby didn't rate a panda. 1990 F. Fyfield Trial by Fire (1991) vii. 120 The fire must have been going ten minutes by the time the panda car spotted it. < as lemmas |
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