英语词汇“to kick the tyres”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Originally U.S. to kick the tyres: to test, check, or research the condition or quality of a product, service, etc., before purchase or use.Quot. 1963 illustrates the transition from earlier literal use.

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1963 Pop. Mech. Oct. 122/2 His preflight inspection—which involves walking around the plane ‘kicking the tires’—is an important ritual required of all Air Force pilots to make sure it is ready to fly.]

1964 Winnipeg Free Press 26 Sept. (Modern Living section) 7/2 Astronaut Virgil Grissom says the Gemini will produce a capsule in which the astronauts will ‘hope to kick the tires, get in and go’.

1975 Newsweek (Nexis) 24 Feb. 10 Gulf Oil Corp. and Citicorp sent emissaries to kick Jonathan's tires, but nothing came of it.

1984 Yale Law Jrnl. 93 271 A gambit familiar to business lawyers is the seller's statement that it will open all its facilities to the buyer, that the buyer is welcome to come out and ‘kick the tires’, but that there will be no representations and warranties.

2015 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 10 Oct. 2 Bankers have been kicking the tyres of almost every insurance company in Britain for the chance of a takeover or a stock market float this year.

单词	to kick the tyres
释义	> as lemmas to kick the tyres Originally U.S. to kick the tyres: to test, check, or research the condition or quality of a product, service, etc., before purchase or use.Quot. 1963 illustrates the transition from earlier literal use. ΚΠ 1963 Pop. Mech. Oct. 122/2 His preflight inspection—which involves walking around the plane ‘kicking the tires’—is an important ritual required of all Air Force pilots to make sure it is ready to fly.] 1964 Winnipeg Free Press 26 Sept. (Modern Living section) 7/2 Astronaut Virgil Grissom says the Gemini will produce a capsule in which the astronauts will ‘hope to kick the tires, get in and go’. 1975 Newsweek (Nexis) 24 Feb. 10 Gulf Oil Corp. and Citicorp sent emissaries to kick Jonathan's tires, but nothing came of it. 1984 Yale Law Jrnl. 93 271 A gambit familiar to business lawyers is the seller's statement that it will open all its facilities to the buyer, that the buyer is welcome to come out and ‘kick the tires’, but that there will be no representations and warranties. 2015 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 10 Oct. 2 Bankers have been kicking the tyres of almost every insurance company in Britain for the chance of a takeover or a stock market float this year. extracted from kickv.¹ < as lemmas
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