单词 | rollercoaster ride |
释义 | > as lemmasrollercoaster ride rollercoaster ride n. (a) a ride on a rollercoaster; (b) figurative a journey or experience of extreme and rapid changes; = sense 2b. ΚΠ 1909 Chicago Sunday Tribune 3 Oct. 7/1 The capital is hungry for roller coaster rides, band concerts, chutes, and other carousals of that nature. 1953 K. A. Porter Let. 16 Oct. (1990) viii. 452 A roller coaster ride through the medieval Latin poets straight into late middle English—well, a couple of the snappier things of Chaucer's. 1997 N. Faith Black Box viii. 101 The gyrations resulting from the loss of the controls were probably more extreme than you'd find on the wildest amusement park rollercoaster ride. 2005 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 May 3/1 Shostakovich's career was a lifelong rollercoaster ride of musical triumphs and political free falls. < as lemmas |
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