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单词 pat-down
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Definition of pat-down in English:

pat-down

noun
  • An act of searching a person for concealed items such as weapons or illegal drugs, made by passing the hands over their clothing.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She pushed the pistol in his back and gave him a surprisingly expert pat-down with her free hand.
    • Nope, they then did a full-body wand and patdown, ran my boarding pass through a computer, and then finally took a dust swab off my shoes to run through a computer.
    • Passengers can choose between the see-through screen or a pat-down.
    • Border regulations allow agents to ask questions, look inside your car, ask you for your passport, and do a patdown.
    • After a quick pat-down and car search, they directed him to his destination.
    • Pay up, pass through the security patdown, and wait for the lift.
    • This could detect a bomb, depending how thorough that pat-down is.
    • And forget the pat-down, we're talking about new rules for airport security.
    • A lengthy check entails, an embarrassing pat-down follows.
    • Not content with bag searches and scans with hand-held metal detectors, this chap insists on a proper pat-down search.
    • Get there early or be prepared for a long wait before the obligatory pat-down by the stone-faced bouncers.
    • More recently, the Transportation Security Administration has made headlines with a change in its pat-down policies.
    • Why they need to do a full-body patdown, as opposed to just a scan of your shoes when you decide not to remove your shoes when you go through the metal detector is not clear to me.
    • She gives me a patdown, where she finds nothing.
    • Several security guards want to give me a rigorous patdown before I'm allowed into the Olympic Park to watch the First Night Fireworks from what will one day be my local park.
    • Some searching questions, a patdown and a longish wait in a shed later, I'm in.
    • Everyone was subject to bag checks and a pat-down.
    • The passengers knew she was not a threat and doubtless the poor fool assigned to give her a security patdown and inspect her shoes knew she was no threat, yet the system built around airport security chooses randomly.
    • New patdown procedures are in effect tonight after hundreds of women complained they were being groped during the screenings.
    • They can go through a pat-down or they can be scanned by this machine called a backscatter machine.
    • Do we prefer a high technology scan of our person or the physical pat-down?
 
 

Definition of pat-down in US English:

pat-down

(also patdown)
nounˈpatdounˈpætdaʊn
  • An act of searching a person for concealed items such as weapons or illegal drugs, made by passing the hands over their clothing.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Get there early or be prepared for a long wait before the obligatory pat-down by the stone-faced bouncers.
    • Why they need to do a full-body patdown, as opposed to just a scan of your shoes when you decide not to remove your shoes when you go through the metal detector is not clear to me.
    • Passengers can choose between the see-through screen or a pat-down.
    • Some searching questions, a patdown and a longish wait in a shed later, I'm in.
    • Pay up, pass through the security patdown, and wait for the lift.
    • Border regulations allow agents to ask questions, look inside your car, ask you for your passport, and do a patdown.
    • This could detect a bomb, depending how thorough that pat-down is.
    • She pushed the pistol in his back and gave him a surprisingly expert pat-down with her free hand.
    • Several security guards want to give me a rigorous patdown before I'm allowed into the Olympic Park to watch the First Night Fireworks from what will one day be my local park.
    • A lengthy check entails, an embarrassing pat-down follows.
    • Nope, they then did a full-body wand and patdown, ran my boarding pass through a computer, and then finally took a dust swab off my shoes to run through a computer.
    • The passengers knew she was not a threat and doubtless the poor fool assigned to give her a security patdown and inspect her shoes knew she was no threat, yet the system built around airport security chooses randomly.
    • More recently, the Transportation Security Administration has made headlines with a change in its pat-down policies.
    • And forget the pat-down, we're talking about new rules for airport security.
    • They can go through a pat-down or they can be scanned by this machine called a backscatter machine.
    • Everyone was subject to bag checks and a pat-down.
    • She gives me a patdown, where she finds nothing.
    • Not content with bag searches and scans with hand-held metal detectors, this chap insists on a proper pat-down search.
    • Do we prefer a high technology scan of our person or the physical pat-down?
    • New patdown procedures are in effect tonight after hundreds of women complained they were being groped during the screenings.
    • After a quick pat-down and car search, they directed him to his destination.
 
 
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