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

a. Belisha beacon: a post just over two metres (about seven feet) high surmounted by an amber-coloured globe and erected on the kerb at either end of a pedestrian crossing; the globe itself, usually containing a flashing light; also attributive and figurative.

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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > traffic control > sign at pedestrian crossing

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1934 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 28 Sept. 4/2 Twenty thousand ‘Belisha beacons’..will soon be erected throughout London, marking 10,000 pedestrian crossings.

1934 Punch 21 Nov. 583/1 One of the clever people who have been going about stealing and even shooting the Belisha Beacon globes—(1) ‘as a protest against their futility’; (2) ‘because they slow down the traffic’.

1942 Motor Driving made Easy (Autocar) (ed. 7) ix. 121 Once he [sc. the pedestrian] has left the pavement at a Belisha beacon, motor and other traffic must yield to him.

1960 Times 4 Mar. 8/1 He..draped himself round a Belisha Beacon in a thoroughly drunken fashion.

1983 S. Rushdie Shame iii. vi. 116 Above her a Belisha beacon blinked, orange not-orange orange.

2002 Church Times 27 Sept. 13/1 Pumpkins only seem to hit city markets round about Hallowe'en, but they are already there, glowing Belisha beacons, in farm shops.

2005 Outdoor Lighting Guide (Institution of Lighting Engineers) 306 Belisha beacon post, black and white striped post carrying a beacon globe and used to define a pedestrian crossing.

单词	belisha beacon
释义	> as lemmas Belisha beacon a. Belisha beacon: a post just over two metres (about seven feet) high surmounted by an amber-coloured globe and erected on the kerb at either end of a pedestrian crossing; the globe itself, usually containing a flashing light; also attributive and figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > traffic control > sign at pedestrian crossing Belisha1934 Belisha beacon1934 beacon- 1934 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 28 Sept. 4/2 Twenty thousand ‘Belisha beacons’..will soon be erected throughout London, marking 10,000 pedestrian crossings. 1934 Punch 21 Nov. 583/1 One of the clever people who have been going about stealing and even shooting the Belisha Beacon globes—(1) ‘as a protest against their futility’; (2) ‘because they slow down the traffic’. 1942 Motor Driving made Easy (Autocar) (ed. 7) ix. 121 Once he [sc. the pedestrian] has left the pavement at a Belisha beacon, motor and other traffic must yield to him. 1960 Times 4 Mar. 8/1 He..draped himself round a Belisha Beacon in a thoroughly drunken fashion. 1983 S. Rushdie Shame iii. vi. 116 Above her a Belisha beacon blinked, orange not-orange orange. 2002 Church Times 27 Sept. 13/1 Pumpkins only seem to hit city markets round about Hallowe'en, but they are already there, glowing Belisha beacons, in farm shops. 2005 Outdoor Lighting Guide (Institution of Lighting Engineers) 306 Belisha beacon post, black and white striped post carrying a beacon globe and used to define a pedestrian crossing. extracted from Belishan. < as lemmas
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