| 单词 | dodgem car |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdodgem car Esp. in plural, a fairground amusement consisting of a number of small electrically-powered cars steered about in an enclosure. Also attributive, as dodgem car. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > fairground ride > dodgems Dodgem1921 1921 Sci. Amer. 15 Oct. 269/1 A device known as the ‘Dodge-Em’ is a clever piece of..work. Small cars, fitted with steering wheels, are placed on a polished..floor. A trolley connects each little car with an electrically charged mesh..overhead... The steering is only relative and it requires extreme ability to dodge the other fellow's car. 1937 Night & Day 23 Sept. 27 The big outfits—the Giant Racers, Over the Falls, the Helter-Skelter, the Dodge 'Ems. 1945 Archit. Rev. 97 53 The sparks flying from the Dodgems. 1947 ‘N. Shute’ Chequer Board x. 278 Among the hurly-burly of his swings and roundabouts and flip-flops and dodgem cars. 1952 N. Coward Relative Values i. ii. 28 What on earth's a Dodgem?.. One of those little motor cars you go on in Margate and bang into everybody. 1968 D. Braithwaite Fairground Archit. i. 20 The transport revolution has been reflected in a succession of devices from..‘Dodg'em Cars’..to present day ‘Space-Cruisers’ and ‘Hurricane Jets’. 1968 D. Braithwaite Fairground Archit. vi. 103 ‘Dodg'ems’ have been the most consistently popular ride on the fairground. < as lemmas |
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