A contest designed to test the capabilities of motorcyclists or (formerly) car-drivers and their vehicles, in which riding or driving takes place…
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释义 | society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing with vehicles > motor racing > [noun] > other motor-driving events (6) trial1926 A contest designed to test the capabilities of motorcyclists or (formerly) car-drivers and their vehicles, in which riding or driving takes place… roadeo1940 An exhibition or contest at which operators of road vehicles, esp. lorry drivers, compete in various tests designed to demonstrate driving… demolition derby1950 a competition in which (older) cars are driven into each other repeatedly until only one, the winner, is left running; also figurative. slalom1965 An exercise or contest in which a motor vehicle is driven along a zigzag course defined by markers. Also attributive. gymkhana1966 ‘A place of public resort at a station, where the needful facilities for athletics and games of sorts are provided’ (Y.). Hence (esp. in European… thrash1972 Originally and chiefly British. A fast, aggressively driven motor race. |
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