单词 | traffic robot |
释义 | > as lemmastraffic robot 3. An automatic traffic light. Also more fully traffic robot. Now South African. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > traffic control > traffic lights traffic signal1893 traffic light1913 signal1915 light1925 robot1929 1928 Western Gaz. (Yeovil, Somerset, Eng.) 23 Mar. 11/4 (heading) Robot Policeman... The first electrical device to be installed in Great Britain for the direction of street traffic at cross-roads came into operation at Leeds on Friday.] 1929 Manitoba (Winnipeg) Free Press 17 Jan. 1/4 The shadow of the vehicle..awakens the robot to electronic action. 1931 Evening Standard 5 Aug. 2/1 (heading) Traffic ‘Robots’ in the City. 1958 Star (Johannesburg) 16 Dec. 6/7 Johannesburg drivers..want to turn right or left while pedestrians, with the robot in their favour, are crossing. 1979 M. Matshoba Call me not Man 141 We turned at the robots to ascend the highway. 2005 A. Brown Coldsleep Lullaby xx. 230 Du Preez had been drinking. He drove through a red robot. 2017 P. Schonstein Skyline xviii. 82 There is stillness and heat and..disgusting traffic. He drops me at Skyline, at the red robot. < as lemmas |
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