| 释义 |
choo-choo|ˈtʃuːtʃuː|
[Echoic.]
An imitation of the sound of a steam-engine, used as a nursery name for a railway train or locomotive. Chiefly U.S.
1903G. Ade People you Know 110 And now Saturday Afternoon had come and Percy M. Piker was hanging on the rear end of the choo-choo. 1927W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 7 Trains are still called puff-puffs or puffers as against the American onomatope choo-choo. 1938S. Chase Tyranny of Words xiv. 178 Like a little boy making himself a choo-choo after seeing a locomotive. 1958V. Bellerby in P. Gammond Decca Bk. Jazz xvii. 205 The mill-girl of Burnley sings about the ‘Chatanooga choo-choo’. 1963Guardian 27 Sept. 11/5 A number of ancient turns (including the choo-choo train routine). |