| 单词 | pickup van |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspickup van pickup van n. (a) South African a police van; (b) a light van used for transporting goods or people. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor lorry, truck, or van > [noun] > van > police van pie wagon1904 paddy wagon1909 Black Maria1924 pickup van1941 meat wagon1949 squadrol1961 1941 Bantu World 25 Jan. 4 In Xhosa and Sutho it urged us to ‘come in our thousands and fight the Pass and Tax Laws, Pick-up vans, Colour Bar, Low wages and discriminating laws’. 1953 ‘P. Lanham’ & A. S. Mopeli-Paulus Blanket Boy's Moon i. vi. 50 ‘Police! Police! The pick-up van's coming.’ Even as he shouted the warning, the police arrived in their closed van with a squealing of brakes. 1956 Times 28 June 13/7 The defendant when driving an Austin ‘pick-up’ van, for which he held a farmers' ‘F’ licence, drove at [etc.]. 1998 P. Lively Spiderweb (1999) iii. 39 She..saw his car elbowed aside by a green pick-up van which dashed down the lane from the main road. 2009 C. Peck Last Real Austins 77/1 Longbridge initially ordered 24 pickup van bodies on the K8 25cwt chassis. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。