| 单词 | road crew |
| 释义 | > as lemmasroad crew road crew n. (a) a group of workers responsible for a train on the road, as opposed to those involved in switching, shunting, etc., in the yards; (b) a group of workers engaged in the construction or maintenance of roads; (c) a group of workers which accompanies a band or musician on tour and is responsible for sound, lighting, and equipment (cf. roadie n.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > company of instrumentalists > [noun] > road crew road crew1889 1889 T. C. Clarke et al. Amer. Railway 284 The train once ‘made up’ and in charge of the road crew, its progress for the next few hours is comparatively simple. 1915 Los Angeles Times 4 July vi. 7/6 (headline) Fifteen road crews working... The county highway commissioners, who are building the $1,750,000 system of paved highways for the county, now have fifteen crews at work. 1929 Bookman (U.S.) July 526/2 When a train is made up by the switchmen..the road crew couples on its engine. 1974 Washington Post 20 Aug. b4/3 The road crew has gone to great lengths to assure a quality sound system and the group makes every effort to please everyone in the audience. 1977 L. Niven & J. Pournelle Lucifer's Hammer ii. 260 Harry started toward the ruined road. ‘You're not going to walk!.. There will be a road crew out today, tomorrow for sure. Wait for that!’ 1996 R. Feldman & M. Gross Transportation Expressions 207/1 Switching performed by a road crew that is incidental to the road operation is not included [in yard switching trains]. 2002 Q July 165/1 Stuck in the back of a tourbus night after night..joining in with the road crew's loudest fart competition. < as lemmas |
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