| 单词 | bear in the air |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbear in the air P12. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). bear in the air: a police helicopter; an officer in a police helicopter. Cf. sense 3e.Chiefly used in CB radio communications and by truckers. ΚΠ 1975 ‘C. W. McCall’ Convoy (transcribed from song) in Black Bear Road Them smokies is thick as bugs on a bumper. They even had a bear in the air! 1989 D. Ing Ransom Black Stealth One xvii. 117 He had set the second radio on a police frequency scan pattern..because highway patrol aircraft flew at heights and speeds similar to his own..some Georgia bear in the air had spotted them. 2019 North Shore (Brit. Columbia) News (Nexis) 10 May (Final ed.) a43 The police need only modestly powered patrol cars for enforcement, as there's nothing that can outrun a radio signal. And if that fails there's always a helicopter—the Bear in the Air. < as lemmas |
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