单词 | bumper car |
释义 | > as lemmasbumper car bumper car n. a small electrically-powered car with rubber bumpers all round, driven in an enclosure at an amusement park, etc., with the aim of bumping into other such cars and avoiding bumps from them; = Dodgem n.The usual term in North America. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > fairground ride > dodgems > car bump car1937 bumper car1938 1924 Washington Post 21 July 11/4 There are 25 of the rubber bumper cars dashing over 10,000 feet of steel flooring.] 1938 Illustr. London News 13 Aug. 298/1 (caption) Riding in a ‘bumper car’. 1960 New Left Rev. Jan. 52/1 Going to a fair to ride on the bumper cars. 2007 Telegram & Gaz. (Worcester, Mass.) (Nexis) 7 Nov. a1 Many who have enjoyed a ride on a bumper car probably never realized they were subjecting themselves to Newton's third law of motion. < as lemmas |
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