| 单词 | not in service |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnot (also no longer) in service (iv) Of a device, facility, system, etc.: in or available for use; spec. (of a telephone line or number) still in use, connected. Also in negative constructions, as not (also no longer) in service and variants: no longer in use or available; disconnected, discontinued, etc. Cf. out of service at Phrases 1d. ΚΠ 1912 Times 20 Apr. 24/1 The first automobile fire truck will soon be in service. 1915 Public Service Mag. (Chicago) June 185/2 (heading) Payment of rental when telephone is not in service. 1936 Air Stories Dec. 544/1 The R.A.F.'s latest fighter-bomber is as fast as any fighter yet in service. 1983 Bond Buyer (Nexis) 22 Mar. The rail system would have Japanese-built ‘bullet trains’... Similar trains have been in service in Japan since 1964. 2005 M. O'Connor Bitch Posse xiv. 118 Sorry that number is no longer in service. 2014 R. Peters D.A. Diary 302 The bus driver said..he was going straight to Slough and the bus was not in service. < as lemmas |
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