| 单词 | route master |
| 释义 | > as lemmasroute master route master n. (a) a person who is responsible for the route of a procession, race, etc.; (b) (in form Routemaster) a type of double-decker bus, typically having its engine at the front and an open platform at the rear for passengers to enter or exit (a proprietary name in the United Kingdom).Routemaster buses, associated esp. with London Transport, were built by Associated Equipment Company between 1954 and 1968. ΚΠ 1900 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 23 Oct. 5/7 Nothing that has occurred within living memory has..thrown upon the City officials and route masters such a tremendous burden of responsibility. 1954 Manch. Guardian 24 Sept. 8/5 A prototype of the London ‘bus of the future’ which is to be called, in the American fashion, the ‘Routemaster’. 1974 Jrnl. Transport Econ. & Policy 8 239 London Transport's front-engined 30-foot-long Routemasters have the same seating capacity (72) as their rear-engined Atlanteans. 2000 Dallas Morning News (Nexis) 4 Sept. 4 a The Grand Prix's route master has personally walked and measured the time trial course from its starting point in Lynn Creek Park. 2008 S. Faulks Devil may Care ix. 117 A red double-decker bus—a London Routemaster—went slowly past, leaving a cloud of black diesel exhaust. < as lemmas |
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