| 单词 | dirt track |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdirt track dirt track n. an unpaved track or course; spec. (a) made of cinders and brick-dust for motorcycle racing; (b) composed of soil, esp. as distinguished from turf, for flat-racing. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > track, trail, or path > [noun] styc725 patheOE stighta1340 trod-gatea1400 tread14.. pathwaya1450 terry1563 trod1570 trade way1589 track1643 trod-way1660 drifta1711 roadie1768 loke1787 trace1807 trail1807 trackway1818 mud pike1851 dirt track1902 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > track, trail, or path > [noun] > with specific surface cinder-path1838 cinder track1887 dirt track1902 duck-walk1915 duckboard1917 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXIX. 335/2 Practically all flat racing in the United States is held on ‘dirt-tracks’, i.e., courses with soil specially prepared for racing, instead of turf courses. 1924 J. Masefield Sard Harker i. 63 The road was not macadam but dirt-track, with soft going, after the first mile. 1928 Daily Tel. 20 Mar. 14/2 Motor-cycle racing on ‘dirt tracks’, a form of sport very popular in Australia. 1928 Times 2 July 6/7 Dirt Track Racing. 1949 A. Koestler Promise & Fulfilm. xv. 168 A tiny two-seater training plane..which performed perilous hops from an improvised dirt-track runway in Jerusalem to Tel Aviv and back. 1961 W. Vaughan-Thomas Anzio viii. 162 One column struck south-east down the dirt track that led towards the Spaccasassi Creek. < as lemmas |
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