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单词 road rage
释义

road ragen.

Brit. /ˈrəʊd ˌreɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈroʊd ˌreɪdʒ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: road n., rage n.
Etymology: < road n. + rage n., probably after roid rage n. at roid n. Compounds.
Violent anger attributed to the stress and frustration of driving a motor vehicle; esp. (an act of) violence committed by one road user against another which is provoked by the supposedly objectionable driving of the victim.
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1988 Orlando (Florida) Sentinel 1 Apr. 1/2 (heading) Police jail man in highway shooting. Mount Dorn chief says ‘road rage’ sparked clash.
1995 Independent 30 Jan. 2/8 Almost 90 per cent of drivers questioned in an Automobile Association survey have suffered ‘road rage’ in the past year.
1997 Daily Mail 27 Mar. 3/1 An angry woman doctor repeatedly rammed her Mercedes into another car in a road rage attack, a court heard yesterday.
2000 T. Clancy Bear & Dragon lix. 959 Gettysburg glided to a halt within sight of the Woodrow Wilson bridge, and had to wait for traffic to be halted on the D.C. Beltway. This resulted in the usual road rage.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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