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penny-farthing

英 /ˌpeni ˈfɑːðɪŋ/美 /ˌpeni ˈfɑːrðɪŋ/
  • 一种前轮大后轮小的脚踏车

双语例句

  1. The ancestor of the modern bicycle was called a penny-farthing.
    现代自行车的原型称作penny-farthing（一种前轮大后轮小的自行车）。
    来自《牛津词典》
  2. With 13,600 Km already covered on his 19th century "penny farthing" bicycle, a 39-year-old Briton has embarked on one of the toughest 2 legs of his world 3 trek-china.
    一名现年39岁的的英国人已经用他那19世纪的古董自行车走过了13600公里的距离，现在，他行程中最艰难的一段——中国之旅已经开始了。

网络短语

  • penny farthing
    前轮大后轮小的自行车；前轮大后轮小的脚踏车
  • Penny Farthing Hotel & Cottages
    高轮单车小屋酒店
  • The penny farthing Hotel
    佩妮法尔廷酒店

英英释义

  • Penny-farthing, high wheel, high wheeler, and ordinary are all terms used to describe a type of bicycle with a large front wheel and a much smaller rear wheel that was popular after the boneshaker, until the development of the safety bicycle, in the 1880s. They were the first machines to be called "bicycles".

词源

  • penny-farthing前轮大，后轮小的自行车
    penny,便士，farthing,四分之一便士，法寻，词源同four.比喻用法。