| 单词 | cyclecar |
| 释义 | > as lemmascyclecar cyclecar n. now historical (a) any of various cars or trolleys propelled or towed by pedal power along a railway track (cf. handcar n. at hand n. Compounds 6) (rare); (b) a light motor-driven vehicle chiefly designed on motorcycle principles, popular mainly between 1910 and the mid 1920s as an economical alternative to a standard car. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor car > [noun] > three-wheeled car cyclecar1891 tri-car1903 tri-motor-car1905 1891 United Service Nov. 492 Go over it [sc. a rail] on a bicycle with broad-grooved wheels... Drag after you a little train of groove-wheel cycle cars. 1897 Railway Age 24 Sept. 806/1 Railway Cycle Manufacturing company..; single and double Hartley & Teeter [read Teetor] cycle cars. 1900 Yorks. Herald 7 Aug. 7/7 215 cyclists turned out, there also being three cycle-cars and four motor-cycles. 1914 Morning Post 9 Feb. 5 A Cyclecar Paperchase. 1954 ‘N. Shute’ Slide Rule 12 A little car built of motor bicycle components, then known as a cyclecar. 2001 Automobile June 44/2 Thompson Brothers..will lose their..last connection with the TB cyclecar of 1920–24. < as lemmas |
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