| 单词 | roadcraft |
| 释义 | > as lemmasroadcraft roadcraft n. †(a) the occupation, skill, or craft of a highwayman (obsolete); (b) knowledge of or skill in matters relating to the use of the road, now esp. to driving on the road; (c) colloquial vehicles on the road collectively, road traffic (cf. craft n. III.) (rare).Sense (a) apparently represents an isolated use. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > traffic sense roadcraft1845 road sense1902 roadmanship1903 1845 C. E. Wright Wyoming ix. 34/2 ‘I esteem myself in slight danger here..if all highwaymen show the same forbearance on the road.’.. ‘I must receive the inuendo touching matters of roadcraft,’ said Colonel Dinning. 1868 T. Wright Great Unwashed 265 The old tramp..has a beneficial knowledge of what may be called road-craft. 1917 ‘Contact’ Airman's Outings 9 Mirrors of polished steel, as used on the handlebars of motor-cycles, to give warning of roadcraft at the rear. 1934 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Roadcraft.., skill or dexterity in driving on a road. 1974 Country Life 17 Oct. 1108 Apart from the roadcraft side, the mechanical side can pay dividends if one learns to use the car sympathetically. 2009 Daily Post (Liverpool) (Nexis) 10 Mar. I do not believe penalising speeding motorists is the correct way to tackle the problem. What is needed is a greater understanding of roadcraft. < as lemmas |
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