单词 | suicide net |
释义 | > as lemmassuicide net suicide net n. a permanent or (sometimes) portable net positioned to catch people falling from a bridge, building, or other tall structure. ΚΠ 1906 Outlook 24 Feb. 466 A suicide net is stretched across the inner courtyard, under the four tiers of cells, to catch the bodies of prisoners who..throw themselves down. 1940 Amarillo (Texas) Globe 3 Sept. Police were notified and a fire company also arrived. Under the ledge they spread a recently developed suicide net. 1968 Daily Rev. (Hayward, Calif.) 26 Apr. 5/1 (heading) Gate bridge suicide net under scrutiny... The Golden Gate Bridge security committee is considering the possibility of a net to catch ‘impulse jumpers’. 2012 Atlantic Dec. 61/1 Although I had heard about the Foxconn ‘suicide nets’, I was still taken aback to see them. < as lemmas |
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