maria

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

maria — 名詞

  • 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

囚車

警方載送被逮捕者的車輛

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.

Théo 從台階上看見一輛灰色囚車載著囚犯駛了過來。

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

警方用一輛裝有小鐵欄窗戶的囚車載走了被捕的抗議者。

descriptive details: 'maria with small barred windows'

常見搭配
  • drive a maria
  • load into a maria
  • maria doors
  • waiting maria
  • step out of the maria
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.

同根字

  • Black Maria
    名詞C2

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • maria driver
  • maria doors
  • maria compartment

常用片語

  • the back of a maria

介系詞搭配

  • into a maria
  • out of a maria