| 单词 | strap-hanging |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈstrap-hanging ˈstrap-hanging n. and adj. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [noun] > fact of being a standing passenger strap-hanging1919 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [adjective] > types of passenger short1785 bus riding1885 fare-free1893 strap-hanging1919 fare-paying1928 pre-boarded1976 1919 Electrician LXXXII. 497/2 The somewhat elaborate provision made for ‘strap hanging’. 1920 Cycling 5 Feb. p. i (advt.) The strap-hanging problem is easily solved by the satisfied owner of a Rudge-Whitworth. 1928 Daily Express 22 Dec. 7/2 (heading) Straphanging rule dispute. 1945 News Rev. 10 May 14 Keynoting the surface atmosphere, a Daily Express cartoon showed strap-hanging travellers reading splash-headlined newspapers. 1957 L. Durrell Justine i. 53 Here, where the general impression of British culture suggested parsimony, indigence, intellectual strap~hanging—here I would pass the evening alone. 1972 ‘C. Fremlin’ Appointment with Yesterday i. 8 Every strap~hanging commuter in London. < as lemmas |
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