| 释义 |
low riding, n. orig. and chiefly U.S.
Brit. |ˈləʊ ˈrʌɪdɪŋ|, U.S. |ˈloʊ ˈraɪdɪŋ|
Forms: [Also with hyphen and as one word.]
[‹ low adj. + riding n.2, after low rider n.]
The practice of driving a low rider; the (youth) culture associated with this, esp. that originating amongst the male Chicano and Hispanic populations of southern California.
1968E. Cleaver Soul on Ice i. iii. 27 Drinking wine and committing crime, shooting and looting; high-siding and low-riding. 1978Time 16 Oct. 52 Young Hispanics express themselves with a unique form of Saturday night fever known as ‘low riding’—cruising in ornately decorated autos equipped with hydraulic pumps that lower the chassis to within inches of the roadway. 2000Sleazenation Dec.–Jan. 51/2 Exempting few examples of well slutted up Lowriding mean-machines..the English interpretation of Lowriding bears no resemblance to that of its US big bro'. |