= sleeping policeman n. at sleeping, adj. 1f. Chiefly in plural. Cf. road hump n. at road, n. compounds 6, speed hump n. at speed, n. additions.
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| 释义 | society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > parts of road > [noun] > surface > ridge to slow traffic (8) hump1924 = sleeping policeman n. at sleeping, adj. 1f. Chiefly in plural. Cf. road hump n. at road, n. compounds 6, speed hump n. at speed, n. additions. speed breaker1940 a ridge set in a road surface to encourage drivers to reduce their speed; = speed bump n. at compounds 4. rumble strip1957 a series of ridges across a road or along its edge which serve to warn of an approaching hazard, speed restriction, etc., by changing the noise a… judder bar1960 (originally) = rumble strip n. at rumble, n.1 compounds; (now more usually) = speed bump n. at speed, n. compounds 4; also figurative. sleeping policeman1972 a ramp in the road intended to jolt a moving motor vehicle, thereby encouraging motorists to reduce their speed. road hump1974 = sleeping policeman n. at sleeping, adj. 1f; cf. speed hump n., speed bump n. at speed, n. compounds 4. speed hump1974 = sleeping policeman n. at sleeping, adj. 1f; cf. road hump n. at road, n. compounds 6, speed bump n. at compounds 4. speed bump1975 = sleeping policeman n. at sleeping, adj. 1f. |
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