单词 | rat-running |
释义 | > as lemmasˈrat-running ˈrat-running adj. and n. chiefly British (a) adj. (of a driver or vehicle) that uses rat-runs; (b) n. the use of rat-runs. ΚΠ 1980 Telegraph (Brisbane) 17 Jan. 3/5 Brisbane's ‘rat-running’ motorists came in for a broadside from the city council's traffic and planning committee's chairman. 1985 Guardian (Nexis) 30 Mar. Roads are being re-routed to prevent rat running. 1990 Oxf. Times 11 May 4 The traffic includes a large number of ‘rat running’ vehicles which use the B4027 as a means to reach the A43 at Islip without waiting in..lengthy queues. 2003 Daily Tel. 19 Feb. 7/4 His fears of..mass rat-running..had proved groundless. < as lemmas |
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