单词 | rear driver |
释义 | > as lemmasrear driver b. With modifying word(s) in compounds designating bicycles, motor vehicles, etc., in which power is applied to specified wheels or axles, as all-wheel driver, double driver, front driver, rear driver, etc. ΚΠ 1881 Graphic 14 May (advt.) Double Driver. Makers: The Coventry Machinists' Co. 1895 Cyclists' Touring Club Gaz. Dec. 372 I did not see one solitary specimen of the front driver. 1935 Piqua (Ohio) Daily Call 13 May 7/5 The four-wheel driver, finished off in the pastel shades or orchid and beige, made its initial test run with Rose at the wheel this week. 1988 Road & Track Nov. 96/1 It's almost spooky how much extra grip the all-wheel-driver has over the rear-driver. 2014 S. Dharmapala Saree (2015) 322 She had to hang onto the parcels for dear life as the three-wheel driver careered around the narrow rural roads. rear driver rear driver n. (originally) a bicycle driven by means of the rear wheel; a motor vehicle in which the engine provides power to the rear wheels. ΚΠ 1887 Eng. Mechanic & World of Sci. 1 Apr. 113/3 If some such driving gear were fitted to a rear-driver, the wheels could be brought in 5in. or 6in. closer together, and therefore the handles..5in. or 6in. nearer the seat. 1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 288/2 Osmond at his best on the Ordinary was riding when the rear-driver began to establish itself as a racing cycle. 1993 J. Forester Effective Cycling (ed. 6) vi. 72 Lawson's next bicycle design, in 1879, was a chain-driven, geared-up, rear-driver ‘safety’, which was the obvious precursor of the modern safety bicycle. 2002 D. Alexander High Perf. Handling Handbk. iv. 51/3 A front driver has a bigger problem than a rear driver because weight transfer during acceleration is off the front tires. < as lemmas |
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