讓車流順起來
站在路口中間，用手勢代替號誌燈——這是這個詞最有畫面的一面。
noun · B1
A police officer who stands in the middle of the road and uses hand signals to tell drivers when to stop and when to go.
指揮交通的警察
核心畫面
A way to hold it: one police officer, and one subject — cars. Not crime in general, not the whole street, just how the traffic moves. Picture the officer standing where the roads cross: one hand holds a line of cars back, the other a line forward, and the eyes are on the driver who is about to do something they should not. Both meanings are that same person, one looking at the flow and one looking at the exception.
可以想成：一位警察，管的只有一件事——車子怎麼走。不是整條街的治安，就只是車流。畫面是他站在路口正中央：一隻手把一排…更多收起
可以想成：一位警察，管的只有一件事——車子怎麼走。不是整條街的治安，就只是車流。畫面是他站在路口正中央：一隻手把一排車擋住，另一隻手把另一排揮過去，眼睛同時盯著那台快要違規的車。這個詞的兩個意思其實是同一個人的兩個方向：一邊看的是「整體順不順」，一邊看的是「誰出格了」。cop 這個口語的味道也一直跟著，所以它聽起來永遠像在講話，不像在寫公文。Two branches
抓不守規矩的車
同一個人轉過身去看例外：不是讓大家走，而是把違規的那一台攔下來。
noun · B1
A police officer whose job is to catch drivers who break road rules — driving too fast, going through a red light, or parking where they should not.
取締違規的交通警察