A bicycle or tricycle; a motorcycle. Formerly also: a dandy-horse or velocipede (now historical).
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| 释义 | society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle propelled by feet > [noun] > cycle (152) machine1823 A bicycle or tricycle; a motorcycle. Formerly also: a dandy-horse or velocipede (now historical). cycle1870 In early use: any pedal-powered vehicle with wheels and a saddle; a monocycle, bicycle, tricycle, etc. Now usually: a bicycle. Also occasionally: a… iron (also steam) horse1874 A contrivance on which a person rides, sits astride, or is carried, as on horseback. gen. and figurative esp. with qualification, as iron (also st… wheel1880 Originally and esp. U.S. A bicycle or tricycle; also abstract (with definite article) the practice of riding on one, cycling; (with indefinite… cycle1881 Mathematics. Geometry. A closed path in a cyclic or multiply-connected region. Subcategories:— bicycle (52) — unicycle (2) — tricycle (8) — cycle with more than three wheels (3) — cycle for two or more people (12) — parts and equipment of cycles (68) — storage of bicycles (2) |
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