| 单词 | flashing light |
| 释义 | > as lemmasflashing light c. flashing light (in a lighthouse, etc.). flashing signals, signals made with flashes of light. Hence, applied to a direction indicator on a motor vehicle which signals with flashes of light. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > signalling > visual signalling > luminous signals > [noun] > flashing signal flashing signals1858 flashlight1886 telephote1893 flasher1909 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > buoys, marks, or lighthouses > [noun] > object on land or sea as guide > light beacon or lighthouse > light in flashing light1858 fixed light1889 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [adjective] > type of indicator flashing light1932 1858 Mercantile Marine Mag. 5 30 Flashing Light on Hogsten..It is Fixed, with a Flash once every three minutes. 1863 Colomb in Jrnl. Royal United Service Inst. VII. 386 We then agreed that..a system of flashing signals was practicable. 1932 Daily Express 20 Sept. 3 Everyone's talking about the new flashing Direction Indicator which only Morris cars carry. This device gives safer signalling. 1959 ‘Motor’ Man. (ed. 36) vi. 183 Another change since the war has been the progressive displacement of the semaphore-type of direction indicator by flashing light signals, and this latter system is now nearly universal on modern cars... Flashing turn indicators are operated either by a switch of the self-cancelling type mounted on the steering column, or by an independent switch mounted within easy reach of the driver. < as lemmas |
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