(a) any vehicle with particularly large or tall wheels; (b) spec. a bicycle with a tall front wheel and a small rear one; = high bicycle n. high wheel…
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| 释义 | society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle propelled by feet > [noun] > cycle > bicycle > early type of > with one large and one small wheel (5) high-wheeler1866 (a) any vehicle with particularly large or tall wheels; (b) spec. a bicycle with a tall front wheel and a small rear one; = high bicycle n. high wheel… high bicycle1874 a bicycle with a tall front wheel and a small rear one; = high wheel, n. 2 high-wheeler n. (b) penny farthing, n. high wheel1876 A bicycle with a large front wheel and a small rear one (see sense A.); a penny farthing; = high-wheeler n. (b) at high, adj. n.2compounds 4. ordinary1888 Something of the more or most usual class or type, distinguished from others of some special sort. Also with capital initial. An early bicycle of… penny farthing1891 A bicycle with a large front wheel and a small rear one, current from the early 1870s to the mid 1890s; an ordinary (ordinary, n. compounds 2). Now… |
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