green light

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A traffic light in its green state (indicating that vehicles may proceed).
    — The drive home was much faster than usual; somehow we managed to hit every green light.
  2. Approval, or permission to proceed. idiomatic
    — We have a green light on the project. Work starts today.
  3. A go-ahead to commit a crime, specifically to carry out a hit on someone (i.e. to kill). slang
    — Yo man, I heard someone had put a green light out on you, so watch your back.

词形变化

green lights plural

词源

From the standard red-green color scheme used in traffic lights and railway signals.
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