英语词汇“street-sweeper”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

street-sweeper n. (a) a person whose occupation is to sweep the streets; (also) a tool, machine, or vehicle used to sweep the streets; (b) slang (chiefly U.S.) a type of 12-gauge shotgun capable of rapid fire.

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1797 Bailey's Dict. Eng.-German & German-Eng. (ed. 9) II. 191/2 Gassenfehrer, street-sweeper, dustman.

1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxv. 595 If she..made a curtsey to a street-sweeper.

1902 Los Angeles Times 6 Nov. ii. 2/4 This apparatus meets every requirement of such a mechanical street sweeper.

1988 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 23 Apr. 1 a Another NRA official was handed a flier for an automatic weapon called the Street Sweeper.

2001 R. B. Parker Potshot (2002) 287 Fortunato came onto the porch carrying a street sweeper. ‘Lot of firepower for a guy your size,’ I said. ‘Fifty rounds of twelve-gauge shotgun shells,’ Bernard said. ‘Automatic.’

2005 K. Ascher The Works: Anat. of City v. xvi. 200 (caption) Street sweepers have two gutter brooms, which rotate and thus sweep inward.

2006 Time Out N.Y. 2 Feb. 10/2 RWA got him a job as a street sweeper in the Bronx.

单词	street-sweeper
释义	> as lemmas street-sweeper street-sweeper n. (a) a person whose occupation is to sweep the streets; (also) a tool, machine, or vehicle used to sweep the streets; (b) slang (chiefly U.S.) a type of 12-gauge shotgun capable of rapid fire. ΚΠ 1797 Bailey's Dict. Eng.-German & German-Eng. (ed. 9) II. 191/2 Gassenfehrer, street-sweeper, dustman. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxv. 595 If she..made a curtsey to a street-sweeper. 1902 Los Angeles Times 6 Nov. ii. 2/4 This apparatus meets every requirement of such a mechanical street sweeper. 1988 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 23 Apr. 1 a Another NRA official was handed a flier for an automatic weapon called the Street Sweeper. 2001 R. B. Parker Potshot (2002) 287 Fortunato came onto the porch carrying a street sweeper. ‘Lot of firepower for a guy your size,’ I said. ‘Fifty rounds of twelve-gauge shotgun shells,’ Bernard said. ‘Automatic.’ 2005 K. Ascher The Works: Anat. of City v. xvi. 200 (caption) Street sweepers have two gutter brooms, which rotate and thus sweep inward. 2006 Time Out N.Y. 2 Feb. 10/2 RWA got him a job as a street sweeper in the Bronx. extracted from streetn.adj. < as lemmas
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