单词 | aerial ladder |
释义 | > as lemmasaerial ladder aerial ladder n. an extendable ladder used by firefighters, now typically mounted on a fire engine. ΚΠ 1873 Janesville (Wisconsin) Gaz. 14 June (headline) Aerial ladders. Testing a new apparatus for our fire department. 1911 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 25 Apr. 1/6 Five firemen fighting a fire..were injured late today when an 18-foot aerial ladder collapsed under their weight. 1992 M. Lloyd-Elliott City Ablaze ix. 189 There are three people requiring rescue at the back of the building on the fourth floor. I have no escape ladder, no hook ladder and no aerial ladder. < as lemmas |
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