maria

IPA/ˌblæk məˈraɪ.ə/
KK[mɚˈiə]IPA/ˌblæk məˈraɪ.ə/

maria — noun

  • mariasingular
  • mariasplural

1. a van or truck used by the police to move people who have been arrested between

1.名詞C2
釋義

a van or truck used by the police to move people who have been arrested between a station, a court, or a prison, typically with small barred windows and separate compartments inside

例句

Théo watched from the steps as a grey maria pulled up with prisoners.

The police drove the arrested protesters away in a maria with small barred windows.

descriptive details: 'maria with small barred windows'

同義詞

文法句型

a/the maria

marias (plural)

用法筆記

Chiefly British slang. Rarely used in American English outside crime fiction. Frequently appears in the definite singular (the maria) when referring to a specific vehicle. The full historical form Black Maria is now dated.

常見錯誤

❌The judge parked his maria in the garage.
✅The police parked the maria in the station garage.
💡A maria is a police transport van for prisoners, not a personal vehicle.
❌The guard called the Black Maria to take the prisoners away.
✅The guard called the maria to take the prisoners away.
💡Maria alone is the standard modern term; Black Maria is an older, longer form that sounds dated.