| 单词 | street warden |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstreet warden street warden n. (a) a person appointed to watch over a street, or to look out for specific problems in a street or streets; (b) an air-raid warden assigned to a particular street or streets. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > others concerned with military affairs > [noun] > air-raid warden, fire-watcher, etc. fire-watcher1830 street warden1835 air warden1933 air raid warden1936 warden1936 paraspotter1940 roof-spotter1940 roof-watcher1940 society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > warden street warden1973 1835 1st Rep. Commissioners Munic. Corporations Eng. & Wales App. ii. 1095 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 116) XXIII. 133 The Street Wardens remove nuisances and obstructions in the street, and notice offenders. 1894 W. R. Lethaby & H. Swainson Church Sancta Sophia 11 [Region 1] is under one curator, who looks after the whole region; it has..5 street wardens, who watch the city at night. 1936 Times 25 Apr. 7 Air raid precaution schemes... A register is to be opened of persons willing to act as ‘street wardens’ to see that every house-holder..has made arrangements for making one room gas proof. 1940 N. Last Diary Oct. in Nella Last's War (1983) 78 Our street warden called tonight... He wanted to know if we had buckets, stirrup-pumps, blankets, bandages, [etc.]. 1973 Daily Tel. 8 Jan. 2/2 Mrs Green said her organisation wanted street wardens whose job ‘for perhaps £1 a week’ would be to call on old people each morning. 2007 Herald Express (Torquay) (Nexis) 6 Aug. 5 The local street warden had also voiced concerns about vandalism and anti-social behaviour. < as lemmas |
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