| 单词 | flat wheel |
| 释义 | > as lemmasflat wheel g. flat tyre (U.S. tire): (a) a deflated or punctured tyre; also elliptical as flat; (b) U.S. a dull and spiritless person. Also flat wheel. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > wheel > rubber or pneumatic tyre > flat flat1923 flat tyre1923 1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves xvi. 218 I'm bound to say it isn't very often I find my own existence getting a flat tyre. 1925 H. L. Foster Trop. Tramp with Tourists xvi. 300 You think you're the berries, don't you? Well, you might have been once, but you're a flat-tire these days! You can't make the grade! 1927 New Republic 26 Jan. 277/2 He's a flat tire. 1929 ‘C. Walt’ Love in Chicago xv. 211 Stopping at the crossroads to see if I had a flat. 1934 J. M. Cain Postman always rings Twice i. 6 I was in the filling station, fixing flats. 1942 ‘N. Shute’ Pied Piper 81 The driver wrestled to jack up the bus and get the flat wheel off. < as lemmas |
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