单词 | city bike |
释义 | > as lemmascity bike city bike n. (a) a motorcycle or (usually) bicycle designed for use in urban areas; (b) a bicycle which can be hired by a person for use in a city or urban area under a bicycle sharing system.In form Citi Bike (in sense (b)) a proprietary term in the United States. ΚΠ 1966 Amer. Motorcyclist Apr. 29 (advt.) The city bike that's at home in the woods. 1990 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 9 Nov. ‘You take a bike, drive around as long as you want it and put it back in a special-built rack. No charge,’ explained..an originator of the Bycykel (City Bike) project. 1991 N.Y. Times 13 Oct. (Travel section) 3/1 Under the program, riders may borrow a City-Bike by inserting a 20-krone coin (about $3.10) in one of hundreds of special bike racks to be installed all over the city. 2007 Condé Nast Traveller May 58/2 The Electra Amsterdam is based on the classic Dutch city-bike. Offering a more upright ride than a mountain bike, it has reassuringly simple three-speed gears, and a ‘coat guard’ that stops your Burberry trench coat getting chewed by the chain. 2011 D. McNamee & M. Childs Frommer's Austria v. 100 After registering you can ride your city bike for free for the first hour of every rental. 2012 N.Y. Mag. 6 Aug. 55 The imminent launch of the Citi Bike bicycle-share system. < as lemmas |
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