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单词 four-wheel drive
释义

four-wheel drive

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noun Automotive.

a drive system in which engine power is transmitted to all four wheels for improved traction.
a vehicle having such a system. Abbreviation: 4WD

Origin of four-wheel drive

First recorded in 1925–30

OTHER WORDS FROM four-wheel drive

four-wheel-drive, adjective

Words nearby four-wheel drive

fourth ventricle, fourth wall, Fourth World, four-way, four-wheel, four-wheel drive, four-wheeler, four-wheeling, Fouta Djallon, fouter, fovea
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for four-wheel drive

  • Woolley hitched the horse to the back of his four-wheel-drive and traveled 1,500 miles to Churchill Downs.

    Can These Two Horses Save Racing?|Sally Denton|June 4, 2009|DAILY BEAST
  • In the course of the experiments, all types of American four-wheel-drive vehicles were examined and two of the best French types.

    America's Munitions 1917-1918|Benedict Crowell

British Dictionary definitions for four-wheel drive

four-wheel drive

noun

a system used in motor vehicles in which all four wheels are connected to the source of power
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
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