单词 | tandem |
释义 | tandem From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Bicycles, carts, horsestandemtan‧dem /ˈtændəm/ noun [countable]1 TTBa bicycle built for two riders sitting one behind the other2 → in tandemExamples from the Corpustandem• Branch manager Richard Fairhurst took a back seat for the day, as he rode along on the back of a tandem.• It sort of goes in tandem with recovering from the physical pain.• They might be read in tandem as charming examples of Horace in his most fluently cajoling mood.• The tandem of Mitchell and Bookman combined for three touchdowns.• The centre already has a cycle for the less able and two tandems used to transport disabled and blind visitors.Origin tandem (1700-1800) Latin “finally, at length” (taken to mean "lengthwise", and so used for vehicles with one horse or person in front of another) |
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