单词 | top or upper deck |
释义 | > as lemmastop or upper deck d. The floor of an omnibus or tramcar; top or upper deck, the upper floor or compartment of a double-decked vehicle. Π 1870 [implied in: Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1867–8 7 460 Sheep arrive here from the west in single decked cars, but leave in double decked ones. (at double-deck n.)]. 1906 Daily Chron. 11 Sept. 7/1 The cars..have no upper deck, and carry only thirty-six passengers, as compared with accommodation for sixty-six in and on the double-deck pattern. 1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §474 Top decks of double-decked tramcars. 1966 P. Moloney Plea for Mersey 33 The best place to hear examples of all these quaint circumlocutions is the top deck of Liverpool's buses. 1968 Listener 26 Dec. 855/2 Two American soldiers sat on the lower deck of a bus smoking cigars. < as lemmas |
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