| 词组 | blues and twos |
| 释义 | blues and twos noun police emergency response vehicles. UK police cars have blue flashing lights and two-tone sirens, thus when a police vehicle is attending an emergency with all its alarms blazing and wailing it is said to be using 'blues and twos', and hence the derivation of this term UK, 2001blues and twosAn emergency vehicle, such as an ambulance or police car, that has blue flashing lights and a siren that sounds two notes. Primarily heard in UK. Pull the car over and let the blues and twos pass. blues and twosthe siren and blue flashing lights of an emergency-service vehicle. British informalThe twos refers to the vehicles' two-tone siren. 2003 Bolton Evening News They will go out with local officers and really learn the craft of being a beat bobby rather than just going out in blues and twos. |
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