单词 | chute-the-chutes |
释义 | > as lemmaschute-the-chutes b. to chute the chute(s: to slide in a car or boat down an inclined plane that terminates in a pool of water (in a fairground, etc.). Also (U.S.), chute-the-chutes used as n. ΚΠ 1908 Daily Chron. 5 June 5/4 The grand finale..of the show is the chuting of the chute by big elephants. 1922 N.Y. Times 9 July vi. 14/3 Bathing pools, ‘dip-the-dips’, scenic railways, chute-the-chutes. 1943 R. C. Geist Hiking 56 It was like Coney island without the chute-the-chutes. 1961 L. Mumford City in Hist. xiii. 379 At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the aristocratic love of speed came out in the more popular chute-the-chutes. < as lemmas |
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