| 单词 | semaphore arm |
| 释义 | > as lemmassemaphore arm General attributive, as semaphore arm, semaphore flag, semaphore telegraph, etc.See also semaphore signal n. ΚΠ 1817 Royal Cornwall Gaz. 27 Sept. A semaphore signal house is ordered to be built on the Platform Battery in Portsmouth Garrison. 1820 E. W. Brayley London & its Environs (ed. 12) 83 On the roof is a Semaphore telegraph, for the more speedy communication of intelligence. 1824 Encycl. Brit. Suppl. VI. 648/1 The Semaphore arm of proper dimensions is not to be seen in clear weather so well as the common sized boards. 1871 R. M. Ballantyne Iron Horse vi. 114 A rate..which could not have been ventured on at all but for the thorough and effective system of telegraphic and semaphore signalling employed. 1895 Chicago Jrnl. Commerce 14 Mar. 12/1 Pieces of one of the ship's boats and semaphore flags are reported to have been picked up along the shore. 1920 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 190 539 They have followed in general the designs used for many years on railway semaphore signalling. 1980 P. O'Brian Surgeon's Mate xi. 377 Or worse still use the semaphore telegraph whose towers he saw on every hill. 1989 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 15 Oct. xii. 23 After fruitless hand-waving in an attempt to get the waiter's attention, one diner audibly longed for semaphore flags. 2005 S. Hall Mod. Signalling Handbk. (rev. ed.) 21/1 These signals consist of an illuminated small black semaphore arm in circular frame. < as lemmas |
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