| 释义 |
pedalo|ˈpɛdələʊ|
[f. pedal n. + -o2.]
A small pedal-operated pleasure boat used on lakes and at the sea-side.
The spelling in quot. 1962 is unusual.
1959News Chron. 4 Dec. 3/7 One rescue team..manned a four-seat ‘Pedalo’ found on an untouched part of the beach. 1962‘O. Mills’ Headlines make Murder xviii. 199 A shilling-an-hour pedallo. 1969Daily Tel. 21 Apr. 11/5 So many beaches today are crowded with water-skiers, canoeists, pedaloes and sailing boats that accidents are on the increase. 1973W. Fairchild Swiss Arrangement v. 61 The water was glass calm and children in pedalos glided in all directions. 1976Daily Tel. 20 July 15/5 A man armed with a bottle defied an RAF helicopter and two lifeboats which tried to rescue him from a drifting pedalo four miles off Margate last night. 1977Navy News Feb. 18/1 Glancing through a scuttle after reading the papers lately, a member of the Andrew might have expected to see a pedalo forging ahead of his fuel-saving warship. |