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单词 road-killed
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road-killedadj.

Brit. /ˈrəʊdkɪld/, U.S. /ˈroʊdˌkɪld/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: road n., killed adj.
Etymology: < road n. + killed adj. Compare roadkill n.
Originally and chiefly North American.
Of an animal: killed by a vehicle on the road. Cf. roadkill n.
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1943 Amer. Midland Naturalist 29 603 A road-killed specimen of the western hog-nosed snake.
1955 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 31 Mar. 30/5 Increased numbers of road killed animals have been noted by game and highway officials during the past few months.
1990 D. Kline Great Possessions (1993) i. 9 Sometimes when feeding on a road-killed rabbit, they will not take flight when passed by a buggy.
1999 New Yorker 12 Apr. 67/3 In later years, the family would joke about their poverty, recalling a time when they dined on a road-killed guinea hen.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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