请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 toboggan
释义

Definition of toboggan in English:

toboggan

nountəˈbɒɡ(ə)ntəˈbɑɡən
  • A long, light, narrow vehicle, typically on runners, used for sliding downhill over snow or ice.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Bring an inner-tube or a roll-up toboggan or something, so if the pigs show up you can pull a fancy Batman escape, zipping down the east face, giggling like an imp.
    • Next was on a toboggan: ‘Beware: sled may develop high speed under certain snow conditions.’
    • I always used to walk across the lake, skate on it, and even pull toboggans across it…
    • To stand on the footbridges that straddle the Run and look up the ice as riders on toboggans hurtle head-first beneath your feet at speeds of 120 km/h or better is to be awed by the boundlessness of human folly.
    • In snow, it drove like a toboggan, but with worse steering.
    • They were digging holes to make ramps for their toboggans and causing serious damage.
    • We then load the blocks onto toboggans, haul them to the ice house, and stack and pack them with sawdust on all sides.
    • This is the skeleton, so called because of the distinct appearance of the first metal toboggans.
    • The day of the party promises mittens and hats, mufflers and ski pants, toboggans and sleds.
    • Beyond a small circle of knuckle draggers with a death wish, will aircraft-grade aluminum toboggans and such sell?
    • However, it is not yet clear if the New Year will start on a sufficiently white note to allow children in the Republic to dust off their snowboards and toboggans.
    • Fred tells him that he is interested in toboggans.
    • Then, my daughter slid off the toboggan head first into a snow bank, and when I pulled her out she took from her mouth her first missing tooth.
    • Two smaller toboggans carried the rest of the gear.
    • Rumour circulated the next day that some intrepids ventured up to the top of Bourke Street with toboggans in a midnight mission.
    • At Pelican Creek, the men unhitched the dogs, rolled up their pants, took off their boots, picked up the toboggan with the calves, and waded across.
    • They brought him down the mountain on a toboggan.
    • The camp appeared kind of unearthly from a short distance away - two tiny bright yellow pyramid tents, four wooden sledges, and two shining orange toboggans in a vast sea of white, dwarfed by the awesome, dark brown brooding mountains.
    • What finally remains of the peaks of Monument Valley when the world goes to sleep, as men depart on their toboggans to live in the suburbs?
    • We have a moment to relax before joining a group for our evening activity - ‘bum sliding’ down the pistes on tiny toboggans.
verbtəˈbɒɡ(ə)ntəˈbɑɡən
[no object]usually go tobogganing
  • Slide downhill over snow on a toboggan.

    my kids love to go tobogganing in the park before Christmas dinner
    we tobogganed down a steep hill nearby
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Go tobogganing: If skiing, boarding or snowmobiling are simply beyond your means, go find a cardboard box and a hill.
    • Chuck a few snowballs around, maybe make a snowman, go tobogganing - all good fun.
    • The actress let out a scream as she tobogganed down a hill at the ski resort of Banff in Alberta, Canada.
    • She also enjoyed tobogganing down the Cresta Run.
    • I went tobogganing with my sister and her friend, using those big industrial plastic sacks as sledges.
    • We went to New Hampshire for a long winter party weekend and at some point one evening decided to toboggan down the empty ski slope before the sun set.
    • On the first snow day of the school year, Angelo phoned Squire and asked if he wanted to join him and his brothers tobogganing at the state park which had a good sledding hill.
    • The three of us spent four weeks touring around Europe, ending up with friends in Austria, making snow men and tobogganing down the slopes!
    • As the country was gripped by cold, children and adults were snowballing and tobogganing.
    • There were a group of older kids tobogganing down there, and residents said they were deliberately crashing into the trees.

Derivatives

  • tobogganer

  • nountəˈbɒɡ(ə)nətəˈbɑɡ(ə)nər
    • At its base is a metal figure of a tobogganer in honour of the great Cresta Run Race.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In winter it becomes a snowy playground where tobogganers sail down a 1,700-foot sledding track while others try out snowshoes or cross-country skis.
      • He concentrated on the production of winter scenes, with skaters, sleighs, tobogganers, and people playing kolf (an early form of golf), which convey a sense of delight in the picturesque aspects of Dutch leisure in the 17th century.
      • Upon its completion in 1885 an invitation was extended to the neighbouring Davos tobogganers to come over for a race.
  • tobogganist

  • noun
    • Who needs sledging when you have got a team of tobogganists in your own head.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The rest of the sledders, tobogganists and snowboarders on site took little notice.
      • Skiers, snowboarders, cross-country skiing enthusiasts, tobogganists and strollers rejoice in winter.
      • It was originally built for tobogganists, but was soon adopted by skiers.
      • The people from Turnbull Drive were there to complain about mysterious fireworks, shy lovers who shoot out street lights, and suicidal tobogganists as well as nutters who off-road in family sedans.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Canadian French tabaganne, from Micmac topaĝan 'sled'.

  • The origin of this word is Canadian French tabaganne, from the Micmac topaĝan ‘sled’.

 
 

Definition of toboggan in US English:

toboggan

nountəˈbɑɡəntəˈbäɡən
  • A long narrow sled used for the sport of coasting downhill over snow or ice. It typically is made of a lightweight board that is curved upward and backward at the front.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • What finally remains of the peaks of Monument Valley when the world goes to sleep, as men depart on their toboggans to live in the suburbs?
    • At Pelican Creek, the men unhitched the dogs, rolled up their pants, took off their boots, picked up the toboggan with the calves, and waded across.
    • In snow, it drove like a toboggan, but with worse steering.
    • However, it is not yet clear if the New Year will start on a sufficiently white note to allow children in the Republic to dust off their snowboards and toboggans.
    • The day of the party promises mittens and hats, mufflers and ski pants, toboggans and sleds.
    • Bring an inner-tube or a roll-up toboggan or something, so if the pigs show up you can pull a fancy Batman escape, zipping down the east face, giggling like an imp.
    • To stand on the footbridges that straddle the Run and look up the ice as riders on toboggans hurtle head-first beneath your feet at speeds of 120 km/h or better is to be awed by the boundlessness of human folly.
    • Fred tells him that he is interested in toboggans.
    • I always used to walk across the lake, skate on it, and even pull toboggans across it…
    • They were digging holes to make ramps for their toboggans and causing serious damage.
    • They brought him down the mountain on a toboggan.
    • The camp appeared kind of unearthly from a short distance away - two tiny bright yellow pyramid tents, four wooden sledges, and two shining orange toboggans in a vast sea of white, dwarfed by the awesome, dark brown brooding mountains.
    • We have a moment to relax before joining a group for our evening activity - ‘bum sliding’ down the pistes on tiny toboggans.
    • Then, my daughter slid off the toboggan head first into a snow bank, and when I pulled her out she took from her mouth her first missing tooth.
    • Rumour circulated the next day that some intrepids ventured up to the top of Bourke Street with toboggans in a midnight mission.
    • This is the skeleton, so called because of the distinct appearance of the first metal toboggans.
    • We then load the blocks onto toboggans, haul them to the ice house, and stack and pack them with sawdust on all sides.
    • Two smaller toboggans carried the rest of the gear.
    • Next was on a toboggan: ‘Beware: sled may develop high speed under certain snow conditions.’
    • Beyond a small circle of knuckle draggers with a death wish, will aircraft-grade aluminum toboggans and such sell?
verbtəˈbɑɡəntəˈbäɡən
[no object]usually go tobogganing
  • Slide downhill over snow on a toboggan.

    my kids love to go tobogganing in the park before Christmas dinner
    we tobogganed down a steep hill nearby
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There were a group of older kids tobogganing down there, and residents said they were deliberately crashing into the trees.
    • She also enjoyed tobogganing down the Cresta Run.
    • The three of us spent four weeks touring around Europe, ending up with friends in Austria, making snow men and tobogganing down the slopes!
    • We went to New Hampshire for a long winter party weekend and at some point one evening decided to toboggan down the empty ski slope before the sun set.
    • Chuck a few snowballs around, maybe make a snowman, go tobogganing - all good fun.
    • I went tobogganing with my sister and her friend, using those big industrial plastic sacks as sledges.
    • On the first snow day of the school year, Angelo phoned Squire and asked if he wanted to join him and his brothers tobogganing at the state park which had a good sledding hill.
    • Go tobogganing: If skiing, boarding or snowmobiling are simply beyond your means, go find a cardboard box and a hill.
    • The actress let out a scream as she tobogganed down a hill at the ski resort of Banff in Alberta, Canada.
    • As the country was gripped by cold, children and adults were snowballing and tobogganing.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Canadian French tabaganne, from Micmac topaĝan ‘sled’.

 
 
随便看

 

英语词典包含464360条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/11/13 10:06:54