| 单词 | road drill |
| 释义 | > as lemmasroad drill road drill n. (a) a mechanical drill (now typically a pneumatic drill) used for breaking up road surfaces; (b) the routine or ‘drill’ for crossing a road safely; an instance of this. ΘΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > piercing or boring tools > [noun] > drill > power drills > percussion drills pneumatic drill1861 percussion drill1871 road drill1907 hammer drill1908 piston drill1910 jackhammer1912 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > parts of road > [noun] > part where pedestrians can cross > routine for crossing road road drill1907 kerb drill1948 Green Cross Code1971 1907 Senate Jrnl. (Tennessee Gen. Assembly) 696 (table) Report of Tools... Road picks... Road drills... Sledge hammers. 1934 S. Spender Poems (ed. 2) 41 At corners of day Road drills explore new areas of pain. 1964 Times 14 Sept. 13 Membership [of the Children's Road Safety Club] bestows..an opportunity of belonging..to a very lively road drill organization. 1976 ‘J. Fraser’ Who steals my Name? viii. 99 You've got the road drills outside your office... I can't hear myself think. 1994 Guardian (Nexis) 30 May 18 Children [in Cambodia and Afghanistan]..are taught landmine awareness in the same way that British children learn road drills. 2003 Q Spring (Led Zeppelin Special ed.) 35/2 ‘White rock’ in the dumbest sense, pounding like a road-drill, headbanging the only physical response available. < as lemmas |
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