单词 | pushcar |
释义 | > as lemmaspushcar pushcar n. Brit. , U.S. a car propelled by pushing; spec. (a) chiefly North American a trolley or light railway vehicle propelled by pushing on a crank or lever, a handcar; (b) Irish English a pram or pushchair.ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle pushed or pulled by person > [noun] > perambulator for child mail-cart1767 baby carriage1825 carriage1829 go-cart1853 perambulator1853 pushcart1853 bassinet1855 baby buggy1862 buggy1862 gypsy cab1864 baby coach1866 pushcar1867 pram1881 wagon1887 pushchair1893 kiddy car1918 stroller1920 pusher1953 1867 N.Y. Times 18 July 7/4 2 Push Cars. 1884 B. Nye Baled Hay 225 A section-crew..riding down that mountain on a push-car. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiii. [Nausicaa] 331 Edy..was rocking the chubby baby to and fro in the pushcar. 1984 Comprehensive Railroad Dict. (Railway Age) 117 Push Car, a four-wheeled work car, designed to be pushed by hand; sometimes used as a trailer with a motor car, and supplied to maintenance employees for transporting materials too heavy to be carried on a hand car. 1997 Irish Times (Nexis) 21 June (Weekend Suppl.) 2 The baby was asleep in the pushcar. 2004 Chicago Sun-Times (Nexis) 9 Jan. 22 Most of the locals travel by rail. But not in trains. No, the local line doesn't have a locomotive, so they use pushcars and autos fitted with steel wheels. < as lemmas |
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