英和和英

名詞

battle bus (複数形 battle buses)

1. (Britain, informal) A bus that is used as a mobile office and publicity centre by a politician or party during the run-up to an election
   • 1979 April 10, Aitken, Ian, “PM smites the Tories with his crusading zeal”, in The Guardian‎^[1], London: Guardian News & Media Limited, retrieved 2017-05-13, page 1:

     [Photo shows Steel sitting on a coach emblazoned with "DAVID STEEL'S LIBERAL BATTLE BUS". Photo caption reads:] STEEL'S ON WHEELS: Setting off from the National Liberal Club in his battle bus.

   • 1995, Margaret Thatcher, The Downing Street years:

     Painted blue, the Battle Bus bore the slogan 'Moving Forward with Maggie'.

   • 2000, Murray Ritchie, Scotland Reclaimed: The inside story of Scotland's first democratic parliamentary election:

     Word comes from Edinburgh that our colleagues are rebelling against the LibDems' charge of £1300 for a seat on their battle bus which today, we hear, had only one passenger.