| 单词 | b-reg |
| 释义 | > as lemmasB-reg The registration number of a vehicle. Frequently preceded by a letter, as A-reg, B-reg, etc., indicating the date of registration (and hence typically also production of the vehicle). Also more fully reg number.In 1963 a single letter suffix was added to new registration plates to indicate the date of registration. In 1983 this was superseded by a single letter prefix. The practice was discontinued in August 2001, since when the date of registration has been indicated by a two-digit code (cf. quot. 2005). ΚΠ 1968 Times 7 Aug. 12/7 (advt.) F reg...Daimler Sovereign. 1975 Times 9 Sept. 23/6 (advt.) Wanted any car with reg. DCA. 1998 I. Rankin Hanging Garden (1999) xiii. 163 At least now we've got a licence plate... ‘Give me the reg.’ Pryde read out the letters and numbers. 2003 A. O'Neill tr. P. Lalander Hooked on Heroin iv. 69 I know most of the registration numbers. I can rattle off, maybe eight, nine, ten reg numbers. 2005 Wellington (Somerset) Weekly News (Nexis) 30 Mar. 35 Proud owners who drove away new 05-reg cars on March 1 could have a shock when they realise their shiny new car will have already lost an average of £500 in value just a month later. 2008 Express & Echo (Exeter) (Nexis) 15 Aug. 10 The worst car I've ever had was a D-reg Astra when I'd been fired from one of my radio jobs. < as lemmas |
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