单词 | low riding |
释义 | † low ridingn.1 Scottish. Obsolete. rare. The practice of riding in a low position. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > manner of sitting on horse > specific low ridingc1598 side seat1742 balance-seat1873 c1598 King James VI & I Basilicon Doron (1944) I. iii. 189 Use..laiche ryding [1599 lowe ryding, 1603 lowe-ryding] for handling of youre suorde. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2019). low ridingn.2 Originally and chiefly U.S. The practice of driving a low rider (low rider n. 3b); the (youth) culture associated with this, esp. that originating amongst the male Hispanic populations of southern California. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > [noun] > driving or operating a motor vehicle > specific type of vehicle hot-rodding1949 low riding1968 1968 E. Cleaver Soul on Ice i. iii. 27 Drinking wine and committing crime, shooting and looting; high-siding and low-riding. 1978 Time 16 Oct. 52 Young Hispanics express themselves with a unique form of Saturday night fever known as ‘low riding’—cruising in ornately decorated autos equipped with hydraulic pumps that lower the chassis to within inches of the roadway. 2000 Sleazenation Dec. 51/2 Exempting few examples of well slutted up Lowriding mean-machines..the English interpretation of Lowriding bears no resemblance to that of its US big bro'. 2012 L. Pudlido et al. People's Guide to Los Angeles 138/1 Lowriding has played an especially important role within Chicana/o culture. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1c1598n.21968 |
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