| 单词 | police box |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspolice box police box n. (a) a small office or booth staffed by one or more police officers (now chiefly in Japan); (b) a telephone (or earlier, telegraph) kiosk specially for the use of police or members of the public wishing to contact the police; (c) a reinforced shelter on London streets during the Second World War (1939–45) for the protection of policemen on duty during an air raid (now disused). ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > telephone kiosk police box1855 society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > shelter or screen > [noun] > air-raid shelter police box1855 air raid shelter1917 shelter1918 surface shelter1922 Anderson shelter1939 dugout1940 Morrison shelter1941 tube shelter1942 society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > telephone equipment > [noun] > telephone booth > police box police box1855 1855 Times 1 May 11/6 When I returned I found the prisoner in my police-box. 1890 Trenton (New Jersey) Times 22 Feb. 3/3 The telegraphic police box system now in use is one of the finest things ever invented. 1941 Newsweek 13 Oct. 29 One of many air-raid precautions taken in the British capital for the expected winter Luftwaffe attacks is the building of ‘police boxes’ at street intersections. The reinforced brick shelters will protect London Bobbies on duty during Nazi air raids. 1971 ‘R. Amberley’ Ordinary Accident xiii. 116 Someone, evidently ringing from the police box on the Banbury road. 2003 Manch. Guardian Weekly (Nexis) 19 Mar. 11 Every small district [of Tokyo] has a koban, or police box, staffed by officers. < as lemmas |
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