Belisha beacon

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A tall black and white pole topped by a flashing orange globe, placed on either side of the road at zebra crossings; mostly now replaced by more sophisticated arrangements. Ireland,UK
    — A police constable concealed in a doorway in City Road, Finsbury, saw a youth of seventeen, who had two others with him, climb a Belisha beacon and break the globe with his fist. It was the hundredth beacon globe to be broken in Finsbury since November.

词形变化

Belisha beacons plural

词源

Named after Leslie Hore-Belisha, the Minister of Transport who introduced them in 1934.
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