“Popemobile”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

Popemobile

释义

Popemobile|ˈpəʊpməbiːl|
[f. pope n.¹ + -mobile.]
A popular name for a specially-designed vehicle with a raised viewing platform surrounded by bullet-proof glass, used by the Pope when on an official visit to a foreign country.
This type of vehicle was introduced by Pope John Paul II.
1979Irish Times 1 Oct. 10/1 The Pope drove through the crowds in the specially constructed ‘Popemobile’.1979Observer 7 Oct. 12/4 In Madison Square Garden he [sc. the Pope] lifted a child from the audience and set her on the roof of his custom-built Jeep—known even to his entourage as ‘The Popemobile’.1982G. Priestland At Large (1983) 174 The usual ‘Popemobile’ has been harshly renamed the SPT or ‘Special Papal Transport’.1986Catholic Leader (Brisbane) 7 Dec. 11/1 The Pope..alighted from the popemobile and happily strode off down the road.

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