| 单词 | armoured car |
| 释义 | > as lemmasarmoured car armoured car n. (a) Military a wheeled vehicle, usually a road vehicle, protected by armour-plating; (b) any road vehicle adapted by the addition of armour-plating to increase its security. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > military vehicles > [noun] > armed or armoured > armoured car armoured car?1867 jam jar1895 scout car1933 ?1867 R. Tomes & B. G. Smith War with South III. xli. 453/1 They had also a piece of ordnance mounted on an armored car, which could be moved on the railroad. 1911 Sci. Amer. 22 Apr. 410/3 Armoured cars in the Mexican Revolution... An ordinary box car..is sheathed inside with quarter-inch steel plates. 1921 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 29 Oct. 1/3 An armored car to protect banks and bank messengers when engaged in transporting large sums of money was recommended. 1969 Listener 8 May 634/2 They have British armoured cars which are almost invulnerable to Biafran weapons. 1990 P. Edwards Blood Brothers i. ii. 15 Montreal's finest had been tipped off to the armoured car hold-up well in advance. 2005 Wall St. Jrnl. 18 Mar. (Central ed.) a1/3 Chubais survived a bomb and machine-gun attack on his armored car. < as lemmas |
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