| 单词 | hook-and-ladder |
| 释义 | > as lemmashook-and-ladder hook-and-ladder n. U.S. apparatus consisting of ladders and hooks used by firemen; often attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > [noun] > fire-fighting > a substance or apparatus for extinguishing > combination hook and ladder hook-and-ladder1821 1821 Minutes Boston (Mass.) Selectmen XXXIX. 187 Mr. George G. Channing..declines taking command of the Fire Hook & Ladder company. 1865 Chambers's Jrnl. 29 July 469/2 18 hook-and-ladder trucks. 1902 Westm. Gaz. 11 June 8/1 Other Americans pointed with pride to their hook-and-ladder system, which forms such an important aid to the New York fireman. 1909 Strand Mag. Apr. 363 There stood the engines and the ‘hook-and-ladder’. 1949 Los Angeles Times 18 May 8/1 The Fire Department obligingly backed up a hook-and-ladder truck. < as lemmas |
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