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单词 self-driving
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self-drivingadj.

Brit. /ˌsɛlfˈdrʌɪvɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈdraɪvɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, driving adj.
Etymology: < self- prefix + driving adj. Compare earlier self-driven adj. and later self-drive adj.With sense 2b compare earlier automobile adj., automobile n., automotive adj.
1. Designating a mechanical device that generates its own driving force. Now rare.
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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.
a. Designating a carriage designed to be driven by oneself, rather than by a coachman or chauffeur. Obsolete.
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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.
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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.
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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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adj.1859
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