| 单词 | red ball |
| 释义 | > as lemmasred ball red ball n. U.S. slang a fast or express freight train or truck; (in extended use) anything having a high priority; frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > [noun] > conveyance by rail or train > type of freight way freight1819 fast freight1838 red ball1906 society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > goods train > types of way freight1867 tank-train1901 red ball1906 manifest1912 liner train1962 unit train1962 freightliner1965 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor lorry, truck, or van > [noun] > truck or lorry > fast red ball1906 1906 E. R. Dewsnup Railway Organization & Working 458 (heading) The red ball system of handling fast freight. 1927 Amer. Speech 2 388/2 Fast freights are known as red balls. 1934 Sun (Baltimore) 3 May 12/6 Several who have worked on these ‘red ball’ runs told me that after a man has been on a truck twenty-four hours he's tired and unstrung. 1944 N.Y. Times 8 Oct. iv. 5/4 The famous Red Ball highway—a belt of one-way roads for truck convoys that actually kept pace with General Patton's advance. 1968 T.V. Times (Austral.) 29 May 18/3 In railway language ‘Red Ball’ means top priority freight. 1991 D. Simon Homicide (1993) 21 A red-ball case can mean twenty-hour days and constant reports to the entire chain of command; it can become a special detail. 2001 L. Lippman In Strange City 59 I'm sure they'll treat it like the red ball it is. < as lemmas |
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