单词 | self-driving |
释义 | self-drivingadj. 1. Designating a mechanical device that generates its own driving force. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > types of machine generally > [noun] > other types screw-machine?1746 self-driving1859 jig1875 pop-up1880 portable1900 positioner1903 slave1940 mobile unit1968 1859 Sci. Amer. 20 Aug. 115/3 Self-driving spiral bolt. 1868 Once a Week 6 June 504/2 The sooner the manufacturers devise some simple self-driving apparatus the better. 1934 U.S. Patent 2,060,963 1/1 The speed..will have a definite and fixed relation to the speed at which said device operates if it is a self-driving device like an engine or motor. 2. With reference to a vehicle. ΚΠ 1865 Times 6 July 2/4 A splendid self-driving park phaeton, with hood, long wings, lamps. 45 guineas. 1890 Gospel in All Lands Apr. 159/1 A coachman is done away with by the use of a self-driving carriage. b. Designating a vehicle capable of moving under its own power; motorized, self-propelled. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > [adjective] locomotive1800 automotive1830 automobile1876 auto-1895 horseless1895 unpulled1895 self-driving1905 motorized1922 1905 Jrnl. Royal United Service Inst. Dec. 1412 The German Administration is experimenting with a light self-driving car for messengers on narrow and mountain roads. 1955 Pacific Stars & Stripes (Tokyo) 17 Feb. 7 (caption) A self-driving vehicle for the new 9-cm anti-tank gun was recently developed by Walter Ru..in collaboration with the Swiss War Technical Dept. c. Originally: designating a vehicle capable of following a preset path without intervention from a driver. In later use: designating a vehicle capable of travelling completely autonomously, without input from a human operator, typically navigating and responding to external events by means of a computer system working in conjunction with on-board sensors. ΚΠ 1927 National Nut News May 19/1 (header) Self-Driving Tractor Does Work of Three. 1940 Panama City (Florida) News-Herald 17 Oct. 1/2 Until the motor millenium of self-driving cars actually arrives, most salesmen are going to have to content customers with: ‘This year's car is longer, it's wider, it's roomier, and it's closer to the ground’. 1953 Yuma (Arizona) Daily Sun 24 July ii. 4/3 A self-driving experimental automobile has been developed by Dr. Vladimir K. Sworykin. 2017 S. Hartley Fuzzy & Techie i. 7 A surging wave of technological innovation that is leading to such breakthroughs in automation as self-driving cars and robot home assistants. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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