| 单词 | to see the red light |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto see the (also a) red light 1. A red warning light, esp. (in later use) one instructing traffic to stop. Now frequently figurative: an indication of danger; a warning; a signal to pause or desist in a course of action or thought; esp. in to see the (also a) red light.In earlier use applied to the beacon of a lighthouse. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > warning of imminent danger or evil > [noun] > a warning sign, event, etc. watchwordc1475 sea-mark1589 buoya1603 warning sign1628 red light1790 tocsin bell1823 tocsin1842 danger-signal1848 yellow light1940 warning bell1951 amber light1956 society > communication > indication > signalling > [noun] > signal > danger-signal alert1757 red light1790 danger-signal1848 society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > types of signal system > specific signal red light1790 danger1841 danger-signal1848 line clear1869 highball signal1894 starter1895 red board1903 stop signal1923 identification light1931 society > communication > indication > signalling > visual signalling > luminous signals > [noun] > red or green signal red light1790 stop light1930 green1936 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > traffic control > traffic lights > specific red light1790 green arrow1875 amber light1896 yellow1900 yellow light1920 amber1929 stop light1930 stop sign1934 filter1939 red1940 green1962 1790 A. W. Radcliffe Sicilian Romance II. xvi. 209 At length he discerned in the darkness from a far, a red light waving in the wind. 1828 Times 18 Nov. 1/6 A lighthouse has been erected upon Cape Wrath... The red light being somewhat obscured by the coloured shades will not be seen at so great a distance. 1849 C. Brontë Shirley III. iii. 44 He is one of Mrs. Yorke's warning-examples—one of the blood-red lights she hangs out to scare young ladies from matrimony.] 1860 Janesville (Wisconsin) Democrat 28 Sept. 5/2 The regulations always require a red light to be displayed at the rear of the train. 1862 Railway Traveller's Handy Bk. 99 Danger, to stop, is shown by a red light fixed upon a pole being turned full upon the line... Caution, to go slowly, is shown..by a green light. All right, to go on,..by a white light. 1896 Law Times Rep. 73 615/1 A red light was automatically shown up and down the line. 1907 A. Quiller-Couch Major Vigoureux xxiii. 234 I fancy the man has begun to see the red light. 1946 Sun (Baltimore) 29 Jan. 11/1 What in fact the Associated Press has done is to put up the red light. 1958 Spectator 28 Feb. 251/1 The French Government may see the red light. 1977 New Yorker 24 Oct. 52/3 He drove through a red light in Pennsylvania and..was picked up by police. 1984 J. D. Harvey Laughter-silvered Wings 29 A green light meant that it was okay to take off or land. A red light meant the reverse. 2007 Climber Apr. 94/1 A red light should be shown to anyone who attempts the advanced campus exercises..without a decent base level of strength. < as lemmas |
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