| 单词 | pony express |
| 释义 | pony expressSEE SYNONYMS FOR pony express ON THESAURUS.COM nouna former system in the American West of carrying mail and express by relays of riders mounted on ponies, especially the system operating (1860–61) between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California. Origin of pony expressAn Americanism dating back to 1840–50 Words nearby pony expressPontus, Pontus Euxinus, Pontypool, Pontypridd, pony, pony express, Pony League, pony pack, ponytail, pony trekking, pony truss Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pony express
British Dictionary definitions for pony expresspony express noun(in the American West) a system of mail transport that employed relays of riders and mounts, esp that operating from Missouri to California in 1860–61 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for pony expressPony Express A system of mail service by relays of riders on horses, established in 1860 between Missouri and California, through the Rocky Mountains. It operated for only a year and a half, until a telegraph line eliminated the need for it. notes for Pony ExpressAn early advertisement for Pony Express riders is well known: “Wanted: Young, skinny, wiry fellows not over eighteen. Must be expert riders, willing to risk death daily. Orphans preferred.” notes for Pony ExpressBuffalo Bill (see also BuffaloBill) Cody and Wild Bill Hickok were Pony Express riders in their youth. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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