English Explanatory Dictionary

Doctor Yellow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The high-speed track testing train used on the Tokaido Shinkansen and San'yō Shinkansen.

Word forms

Doctor Yellow

Etymology

Calque from Japanese ドクターイエロー (Dokutā Ierō), itself a pseudo-anglicism from English doctor + yellow, in reference to its diagnostic function and bright yellow appearance.

Related words

Flying Banana
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