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单词 tailgating
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ˈtailgating
ˈtailgating n.
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1951 Amer. Speech 26 309/1 Tail-gating, part. phr., a bad practice of following too close to the tail gate of the truck ahead.
1955 Amer. Speech 30 93 Twenty-two..[lorry] drivers agreed that tailgating means riding too closely behind the vehicle ahead.
1957 How to Drive (Amer. Auto. Assoc.) viii. 71 Expressway ‘tailgating’ is suicidal.
1970 V. Johnston Phantom Cottage xxi. 160 ‘So if you will just let me keep following your car—.’.. ‘All right. But no tailgating.’
1976 National Observer (U.S.) 13 Mar. 8/6 In informal testing by The Observer, a Cyberlite appeared to reduce ‘tail-gating’ behind the test vehicle.
1980 West Lancs. Evening Gaz. 21 May 1/1 In a statement today the AA said poor driving, including the ‘often fatal practice of “tailgating”’, was responsible for a big increase in serious accidents.
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tailgating n. originally and chiefly U.S. the action or practice of hosting or attending a party where food and drink are served at the tailgate of a motor vehicle before a sports event (typically a football game).
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1962 Boston Globe 28 Oct. 66 (caption) Definitely Dartmouth was Peter Freeman of Weston, sharing a bit of tailgating with Dee and Ann Austin of Arlington.
1981 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gaz. 29 Sept. 11/4 Coney Island Sauce, Mulled Tomato Broth and Chicken and Chilies Cheese Ball, pictured at left, are good choices for tailgating.
2007 Pittsburgh (Pa.) Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 7 Oct. w1 The lack of parking, particularly at older in-town stadiums built at a time when fans and students walked to the game, is a damper on tailgating.
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