| 单词 | joy-wheel |
| 释义 | > as lemmasjoy-wheel joy-wheel n. a form of amusement consisting of either (a) a gigantic wheel-shaped structure, as on a fairground, on which passengers are carried in cars rotating round the axis, or (b) (see quot. 1954). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > fairground ride > merry-go-round carousel1673 whimsic chair?c1684 whimsy1684 merry-go-round1729 roundabout1763 turnabout1789 whirligig1816 spin-'em-round1851 go-round1857 whirly-go-round1865 merry-go-around1873 giddy-go-round1879 go-around1888 razzle-dazzle1890 joy-wheel1911 chairoplane1922 whip1925 Noah's Ark1945 waltzer1961 swirl1962 society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > fairground ride > wheel Ferris wheel1892 big wheel1893 joy-wheel1911 1911 Oxf. Times 9 Sept. 10/6 A new form of amusement to Oxford, known as the ‘Joy Wheel’. 1925 Brit. Empire Exhib. Official Guide 168 Over the Falls; Joy Wheel; House of Nonsense. 1942 ‘M. Innes’ Daffodil Affair i. i. 7 Perhaps twenty times it passed to and fro, as if outside some great joy-wheel were oscillating idly in a derelict amusement park. 1954 Engineer 27 Aug. 282/2 A once-popular novelty, now obsolete, was the ‘Joywheel’, or ‘Devil's Disc’. This consisted of a power-driven spinning disc, slightly domed and having a smooth surface. It was surrounded by a stationary padded circular platform, which in turn was surrounded by a padded wall. Riders sat on the disc while it was stationary and, as it accelerated, were eventually thrown off against the padding. 1968 D. Braithwaite Fairground Archit. 65 A panoramic ‘Joy Wheel’ using kinetoscope effects to create the illusion of a race between motor-car and train. < as lemmas |
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