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单词 blues and twos
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blues and twos

/ˌbluːz ən(d) ˈtuːz/
British informal
noun
1The flashing lights and siren used on a police car or other emergency vehicle when responding to an incident. Also later on (also under) blues and twos.
  • Popularized by a British television series of the same name (first broadcast 1993), which followed various emergency services responding to 999 calls..
2The emergency services (frequently the police).

Origin

1980s; earliest use found in Autocar. From the plural of blue + the plural of two, with reference to the blue flashing lights and (typically) two-tone siren used on an emergency vehicle.

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