单词 | zebra marking |
释义 | > as lemmaszebra marking zebra marking n. (a) (frequently in plural) stripes or markings resembling those of a zebra; spec. dark and light stripes applied to a road surface to indicate a pedestrian crossing (cf. zebra crossing n.) (b) the action or practice of marking something with stripes. ΚΠ 1854 Florist & Hort. Jrnl. (Philadelphia) 3 292 The G. gerardiana is a variety of the other without its zebra markings. 1901 G. P. Mudge Textbk. Zool. xxiii. 370 Only in two cases did the foal of the stallion sire by the previously crossed zebra dam show any signs of a zebra-marking. 1949 Surveyor 8 July 407/1 Investigations by the Road Research Laboratory..have led to the full-scale trials of the striped (zebra) markings for pedestrian crossings. 1955 Jrnl. Operations Res. Soc. Amer. 3 292 (heading) Changes in pedestrian behavior as a result of zebra marking. 2015 Times of India (Nexis) 25 Feb. Traffic wardens..guide pedestrians to cross the roads at designated zebra markings only. < as lemmas |
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