| 单词 | single-decker |
| 释义 | > as lemmassingle-decker single-decker n. †(a) U.S. (see quot. 1896); (b) an aircraft, tramcar, etc., having only one deck; now. usually a single-decked bus; frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > aircraft having only one deck single-decker1896 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > public service vehicle > [noun] > bus or tram with specific number of decks double-decker1858 single-decker1896 two-decker1904 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > block of flats or apartments land1456 tenement1681 tenement house1858 barrack1862 mansions1868 apartment house1874 apartment building1883 single-decker1896 block dwellings1899 project1932 apartment block1955 condominium1962 condo1964 multi1973 1896 C. H. Haswell Reminisc. Octogenarian in N.Y. xv. 332 James P. Allaire had constructed..a four-story house designed for many tenants... It is what is now termed a ‘single-decker’, that is, but one suite of rooms on a floor. 1910 Sphere 20 Aug. 176/1 The first aeroplane illustrated is the Santos Dumont aeroplane or single-decker. 1930 Aberdeen Press & Jrnl. 12 Feb. 6/3 I see that the L.C.C. has been selling off old single-decker tramcars at £5 apiece. 1935 S. Beckett Echo's Bones & Other Precipitates The little single-decker. 1935 Discovery Feb. 58/2 In these vehicles the main entrance is in front, beside the driver as in many single-decker coaches already on the road. 1954 M. Procter Hell is City i. i. 11 A red-and-white bus..was approaching... It was a..single decker. 1962 L. Deighton Ipcress File xxx. 196 At the bottom of the street was a single-decker bus. 1976 P. R. White Planning for Public Transport iii. 56 The rear-engine layout was also adopted for single-deckers. < as lemmas |
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