| 单词 | milk float |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmilk float milk float n. chiefly British an open-sided vehicle (now usually electrically powered) for delivering milk. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > [noun] > electrically-powered vehicle > specific milk float1864 mule1903 float1971 Segway2001 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > types of > wagon or cart for specific articles > milk milk-cart1788 milk float1864 1864 Manchester Guardian 13 Feb. 7 (advt.) A good milk float to be sold, cheap. 1887 Bury Times 3 Sept. 6/4 He noticed the defendant driving a milk float towards him at a great speed. 1935 N. Collins Three Friends viii. 143 A horse attached to a milk float wore a hat made of newspaper. 1951 Engineering 20 July 95/3 Pedestrian-controlled vehicles (such as hand-operated electric milk floats). 1996 Earth Matters Summer 22 He switched to practical action with a pioneering recycling project in Oxford, using first cycle trailers then an electric milk float to collect waste paper. < as lemmas |
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