red ball

短语

特快货车

发音

AU

词形变化

red balls 复数 red balls

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A high-profile high-priority case which draws political or media attention.

    美国 可数 俚语 不可数 政治 法律
  2. 2.

    First-class cricket, as distinct from limited overs cricket (or "white ball". Mainly used to play tests.

    不可数 体育 游戏 媒体 可数

    Australia is scheduled to play five red ball matches in two weeks.

  3. 3.

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red, ball.

    可数 不可数
adj.
  1. 1.

    Of or related to priority freight or the trains that carry it.

    交通

词源

* ("high-profile high-priority" sense) From a routing system on the Santa Fe Railroad in the early 1900s. Fast freight trains which were to receive priority routing were marked with placards depicting a red disc, and were called "red ball" trains.

来源：wiktionary