| 释义 |
ˈmotor-cycle, n.
[motor n. 5.]
A form of bicycle, usually larger and heavier than an ordinary bicycle, having a small (usu. petrol) motor by which it is propelled. Also attrib., as motor-cycle cop (U.S. colloq.), policeman, a policeman who rides a motor-cycle.
1896Daily News 5 Feb. 5/3 This Exhibition..will comprise motor-cycles and carriages. 1902Motor Cycling 12 Feb. 24/1 In a year or two motor cycles will be as plentiful as the ordinary cycle is to-day. 1919,1928[see combination 10 b]. 1927K. Eubank Horse & Buggy Days 33 There's always some fool motor-cycle cop coming along to interfere. 1928‘S. S. Van Dine’ Greene Murder Case xxv. 288 On North Broadway we were forced to the kerb by a motor⁓cycle policeman. 1934T. S. Eliot Rock i. 21 Every son would have his motor cycle. 1958New Statesman 22 Feb. 220/1 A motor-cycle policeman seized his shoulder and flung him along the pavement. 1972C. Weston Poor, Poor Ophelia (1973) vii. 39 All those sex-mad motorcycle toughies. 1972R. Adams Watership Down xix. 111 Few places are far from human noise—cars, buses, motorcycles, tractors, lorries. 1974Times 18 Mar. 7/1 Five people were killed here in a running battle between motorcycle gangs.
Hence ˈmotor-cycle v. intr., to ride a motor-cycle; ˈmotor-cycling vbl. n.; ˈmotor-cyclist, one who uses a motor-cycle.
1902Motor Cycling 12 Feb. 24/1 Now that motor cycling has come to stay..it may not be out of place to say where improvements may be made that will be beneficial to..all those who motor-cycle. Ibid. 19 Feb. 32 Motor cyclists will not require palatial club premises. 1912G. W. E. Russell Afterthoughts xx. 184 Motorists and cyclists, and those strange hybrids the motor-cyclists, seem to disregard weather. 1925E. F. Norton Fight for Everest, 1924 v. 103, I wore a fur-lined leather motor-cycling helmet. 1956G. N. Patterson God's Fool ii. 17 Pulling on his motor-cycling gloves savagely, he stalked out. 1972‘J. & E. Bonett’ No Time to Kill i. 5 The chef's elder daughter..motor-cycled out for a free lunch in the hotel kitchen. 1973J. Wainwright Pride of Pigs 92 The motor-cyclist was pinned under his machine. |