| 单词 | speed demon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspeed demon speed demon n. [demon n. 4] slang one who likes to travel at great speed, a ‘speed bug’; also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [noun] > one who rides in a vehicle > one fond of travelling at speed speeder1891 speed merchant1913 speed bug1914 speed demon1941 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing with vehicles > [noun] > addict of speed sports speed bug1914 speed demon1941 1941 Prince Chula Chakrabongse Dick Seaman xiv. 357 Racing motorists usually referred to driving in a race as either ‘cracking’ or ‘dicing’, the latter word having been derived from the journalists' former habit of writing about their being ‘speed demons dicing with death’. 1962 A. Lurie Love & Friendship vii. 113 Helen, the regular cashier, was a speed demon. 1971 Black Scholar Jan. 35/1 Jack Johnson..has been called many things, e.g. show off, fool, speed demon. < as lemmas |
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