| 单词 | red arrow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasRed Arrow Red Arrow n. (a) [after Russian Krasnaja Strela (1931)] a luxurious express train which runs between Moscow and St Petersburg (formerly Leningrad); (b) (in plural) the aerobatic display team of the Royal Air Force. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > passenger train > express or non-stop > specific Flying Dutchman1813 Scotsman1871 Flying Scotchman1872 Orient Express1883 Twentieth Century1902 Royal Scot1927 Rheingold1928 Red Arrow1934 trans-Siberian1939 TEE1963 1934 N. Alexander tr. T. Tchernavin Escape from Soviets ii. i. 171 The Moscow train was the express, ‘Red Arrow’; all the Soviet aristocracy and foreigners travel by it. 1965 Times 7 May 28 (caption) A ‘bomb-burst’ demonstrated by the Red Arrows aerobatic team at the Central Flying School. 1994 I. Botham My Autobiogr. xviii. 337 I told the players I had to go out on the pitch because the Red Arrows were going to fly by and give me a salute. 2001 P. D. Smith In Search of Russ. Bear (ed. 2) xiii. 212 Alexander came to the hotel that night to accompany us to the train station. We were to ride the overnight train ‘Red Arrow’ to Moscow. < as lemmas |
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