单词 | monster truck |
释义 | > as lemmasmonster truck monster truck n. chiefly North American a very large truck, spec. a highly modified four-wheel drive vehicle with a standard-sized body and disproportionately large wheels and engine, used esp. for racing over obstacle courses. ΚΠ 1965 Industr. Bull. (N.Y. State Dept. of Labor) Dec. 2/1 When the operators of the Benson Mines..had finished putting together their first monster truck for hauling iron ore, they put it on display at the main gate on the highway. 1978 Washington Post (Nexis) 19 Jan. He..had a house in the Maryland suburbs and a monster truck in the driveway that he didn't have the money to fix. 1984 Arkansas Democrat-Gaz. (Nexis) 26 Oct. A three-day show of hot-rod truck-pulling and mud-racing championships... The show includes big-name hot rods and monster trucks. 1994 N.Y. Mag. 22 Aug. 30 Madison Square Garden hosts the biannual U.S. Hot Rod Motorsports Extravaganza, featuring tractor pulls and monster trucks. 2009 R. Wingard-Nelson Big Truck & Car Word Problems 40 Standing up, a monster truck tire is 66 inches tall. < as lemmas |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。