choo-choon.

Brit.

/ˈtʃuːtʃuː/, U.S.

/ˈtʃuˌtʃu/

Etymology: Echoic.

An imitation of the sound of a steam-engine, used as a nursery name for a railway train or locomotive. Chiefly U.S.

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society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > locomotive > steam locomotive > in nursery language

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choo-choo1903

1903 G. 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.

1927 W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 7 Trains are still called puff-puffs or puffers as against the American onomatope choo-choo.

1938 S. Chase Tyranny of Words xiv. 178 Like a little boy making himself a choo-choo after seeing a locomotive.

1958 V. Bellerby in P. Gammond Decca Bk. Jazz xvii. 205 The mill-girl of Burnley sings about the ‘Chatanooga choo-choo’.

1963 Guardian 27 Sept. 11/5 A number of ancient turns (including the choo-choo train routine).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	choo-choo
释义	choo-choon. Brit. /ˈtʃuːtʃuː/, U.S. /ˈtʃuˌtʃu/ Etymology: Echoic. An imitation of the sound of a steam-engine, used as a nursery name for a railway train or locomotive. Chiefly U.S. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > locomotive > steam locomotive > in nursery language puff-puff1856 choo-choo1903 1903 G. 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. 1927 W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 7 Trains are still called puff-puffs or puffers as against the American onomatope choo-choo. 1938 S. Chase Tyranny of Words xiv. 178 Like a little boy making himself a choo-choo after seeing a locomotive. 1958 V. Bellerby in P. Gammond Decca Bk. Jazz xvii. 205 The mill-girl of Burnley sings about the ‘Chatanooga choo-choo’. 1963 Guardian 27 Sept. 11/5 A number of ancient turns (including the choo-choo train routine). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1903
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