单词 | boneshaker |
释义 | boneshakern. 1. Something which shakes a person violently; esp. a vehicle that provides an uncomfortably rough, jarring, or bumpy ride. ΚΠ 1846 Star (Sydney) 25 Feb. Many a time have we,—wife, self and family, Daily in driving round, met a bone shaker. 1883 Western Champion (Queensland) 12 Dec. They bowl them through the city in a four-horse bone-shaker. 1920 H. H. Peerless Diary 20 June in Brief Jolly Change (2003) 264 The 'bus is a ramshackle bone-shaker. 2001 Automobile Mag. Nov. 43 My pals and I drove prewar boneshakers, reliable only in the sense that they could be relied on to disintegrate at dead of night. 2. spec. A type of early bicycle having solid wooden wheels with iron tyres; (hence) any bicycle which is old or uncomfortable to ride. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle propelled by feet > [noun] > cycle > bicycle > early type of pedimechan1844 velocipede1850 boneshaker1874 spider1874 1874 A. Howard Bicycle 10 In 1870 and 1871 the low, long ‘bone-shaker’ began to fall in public esteem. 1883 C. Spenser in Echo 1 Sept. 1/6 The bicycle of the present day differs [greatly] from the ‘bone-shaker’ I introduced into England in 1868. 1940 F. R. Dulles Amer. learns to Play xi. 194 It was the introduction about 1876 of the high-wheeled bicycles, supplanting the old wooden boneshakers, that first made it a popular sport. 2006 Metro (Toronto) 8 Nov. 24/2 The pace of the ride is set at Tourist/Advanced Tourist, which means your boneshaker needs to be able to cruise at 20 to 25km/h to keep up with the pack. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1846 |
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