Black Maria

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A police van for transporting prisoners. slang
    — The Upper Ten Thousand have plenty of cash— At the Central Park, on the “Drive,” cut a dash; They have their light wagons, fast horses beside; In the free “Black Maria” the Lower Ten ride.

词形变化

Black Marias plural

词源

Unknown, though such vans were traditionally painted black. First attested in the 1830s.
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