单词 | concours-delegance |
释义 | concours d'élégance in British English French (kɔ̃kur deleɡɑ̃s) noun a parade of cars or other vehicles, prizes being awarded to the most elegant, best designed, or best turned-out concours d'élégance in American English (French kɔ̃kuːʀ deileiˈɡɑ̃ːs, English kɑŋˈkur ˌdelɪˈɡɑːns, -ˈɡæns) nounWord forms: plural concours d'élégance (French kɔ̃kuːʀ deileiˈɡɑ̃ːs, English kɑŋˈkurz ˌdelɪˈɡɑːns, -ˈɡæns) a public exhibition and competition in which automobiles or other vehicles are judged, chiefly on the basis of elegance and beauty Word origin [1935–40; ‹ F: lit., elegance competition]This word is first recorded in the period 1935–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Rhodesian ridgeback, hard core, prime mover, roadblock, roometteDefinition of 'concours d'élégance' |
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