| 单词 | stinger spike system |
| 释义 | > as lemmasStinger Spike System Frequently with capital initial. Also Stinger Spike System. A device used by police officers consisting of an extendable spiked metal strip which may be placed across a road in order to stop a vehicle by puncturing its tyres.A proprietary name in the United Kingdom; Stinger Spike System is a proprietary name in the United States. ΚΠ 1991 New Scientist 24 Aug. 23/2 Donald Kilgrow first began working on his Stinger Spike System after participating in a chase that the police ended by erecting a roadblock... The spikes..‘are stainless steel, and they will punch right through a steel-belted radial tyre and deflate it..in about 20 seconds’. 1996 Times 30 Jan. 6/8 A police car chasing five masked men in a stolen vehicle..fell foul of a Stinger, a chain of spikes thrown down by other officers and intended for their quarry. 2003 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 4 May 13 A stolen Toyota Tarago led police in a 40-minute chase along the Bruce Highway. The pursuit ended at Burpengary when police placed ‘stingers’—or road spikes—on the Burpengary weighbridge. < as lemmas |
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