| 单词 | traffic cone |
| 释义 | > as lemmastraffic cone 12. A cone-shaped warning sign placed on the roadway, etc., and used in (temporary) road traffic control. Frequently with qualifying word as traffic cone etc. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > traffic control > cone or bollard bollard1925 traffic cone1949 cone1953 1953 Construction & Maintenance Bull. (Texas Highway Dept.) No. 24. 22 (heading) Safety through use of traffic cones. 1953 Construction & Maintenance Bull. (Texas Highway Dept.) No. 24. 22 By proper placement of these cones, a work area can be isolated... The cones should be set to channelize traffic in the proper lane to bypass the work area. 1973 Times 1 Aug. 12/1 Tyres had been converted into traffic cones. 1976 A. Price War Game (1979) ii. iii. 217 Stacks of police—no parking cones were dotted in readiness round the village. 1984 R. Ormerod Seeing Red i. 7 We've had three [cars] go over that drop..in spite of all the winkers and cones. traffic cone traffic cone n. chiefly British and Irish English a small movable cone-shaped marker, now typically made from orange plastic, used to separate off or close sections of a road as a means of temporary traffic control; = cone n.1 12. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > traffic control > cone or bollard bollard1925 traffic cone1949 cone1953 1949 Kenosha (Wisconsin) Evening News 28 Jan. (Home ed.) 5/1 The street department has purchased 12 rubber traffic cones for testing in marking areas under repair or being painted. 2019 South Wales Echo (Nexis) 11 July 3 He hit the traffic cone, which had been knocked into the road by a passing car. < as lemmas |
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