单词 | on amber |
释义 | > as lemmason (also at) amber P2. on (also at) amber: (of a set of traffic lights) showing an amber light; (hence figurative, of a person, proceeding, etc.): unable to progress; temporarily held up or held back. ΚΠ 1935 Evening Gaz. (Xenia, Ohio) 23 Apr. 3/3 (headline) Traffic lights on amber for police. 1976 West Lancs. Evening Gaz. 8 Dec. 18/6 His career will stay on amber for a few months yet. 1988 Times (Nexis) 28 July The drivers we prosecuted were not just people who crossed traffic lights at amber. 2011 G. Kennell Black Pepper & Strawberries 133 The lights were on amber now and Frobisher was traveling at an impossible speed. < as lemmas |
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