单词 | bicyclism |
释义 | bicyclismn. Now rare. The activity or art of riding a bicycle; cycling. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > cycling > [noun] > practice or advocacy of bicyclism1870 wheel1880 pedal power1944 1870 Sci. Opinion 25 May 470/1 (headline) On bicyclism. 1876 World 5 12 That ne plus ultra of snobbishness—bicyclism. 1882 Times 31 May 9/4 We recorded a sort of jubilee of gregarious bicyclism, when 2,350 bicyclists and their steeds held a monster ‘meet’. 2010 Evening Gaz. (Nexis) 13 Aug. (Features section) 4 No one..turns up on a bicycle... Given that bicyclism is peddled as the miracle of the age,..more people wearing banana helmets would have been expected. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1870 |
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