John was half-way across the street when the light changed. He stayed on the safety island until it changed again.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
safety zone — safety zones also safety island N COUNT A safety zone is a place in the middle of a road crossing where you can wait before you cross the other half of the road. [AM] … English dictionary
safety zone — ☆ safety zone n. a platform or marked area in a roadway, from which vehicular traffic is diverted, for protection of pedestrians, as in boarding or leaving buses * * * … Universalium
safety zone — ☆ safety zone n. a platform or marked area in a roadway, from which vehicular traffic is diverted, for protection of pedestrians, as in boarding or leaving buses … English World dictionary
safety zone — noun a curbed area in a roadway from which traffic is excluded; provides safe area for pedestrians • Syn: ↑traffic island, ↑safety island, ↑safety isle • Hypernyms: ↑island • Part Holonyms: ↑roadbed * * * … Useful english dictionary
safety zone — saugos zona statusas T sritis Gynyba apibrėžtis Sausumos, jūrų ar oro erdvės zona, rezervuota nekovinėms draugiškų pajėgų orlaivių, antvandeninių ir povandeninių laivų ar sausumos operacijoms. atitikmenys: angl. safety zone pranc. zone de… … NATO terminų aiškinamasis žodynas
safety zone — safety island, safe area on road that provides pedestrian safety … English contemporary dictionary
safety zone — A portion of street or highway set apart fur the use of pedestrians, vehicular traffic being excluded, one of the most common of which is a zone established for pedestrians awaiting a bus or other public conveyance. 25 Am J1st High § 265. A zone… … Ballentine's law dictionary
safety zone — An area (land, sea, or air) reserved for noncombat operations of friendly aircraft, surface ships, submarines, or ground forces. (Note: DOD does not use the word “submarines”.) … Military dictionary
safety zone — Synonyms and related words: abri, air raid shelter, bomb shelter, bombproof, bunker, cave, concealment, cover, covert, coverture, cyclone cellar, dugout, earth, fallout shelter, foxhole, funk hole, shelter, storm cave, storm cellar, trench … Moby Thesaurus
Nanking Safety Zone — Nanking Massacrev · d · e Battle … Wikipedia
