| 单词 | gas van |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgas van gas van n. (a) a railway wagon in which gas is stored (now rare); (b) a mobile gas chamber (chiefly gas chamber n. 2) (now chiefly historical). ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > place of > gas chamber lethal chamber1884 gas chamber1945 gas oven1945 gas van1946 1877 Western Mail (Cardiff) 2 Feb. 5/1 Instead of the old unsightly and flickering oil lamps, the new plan uses gas made by Pinche's patent process, the reservoirs being in the gas vans. 1912 Railway News 28 Sept. 731/1 (table) Do. per vehicle (excluding brake vans, gas vans, acc. vans, &c). 1937 Times 21 Oct. 7/1 At the top of the yard stood a large black motor-van labelled ‘Home Office gas van’. 1946 Ann. Reg. 1945 185 Mass-murder by shooting, the gas-van or the crematorium. 2003 Central European Hist. 36 271 The gas vans of the Chelmno extermination camp. < as lemmas |
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