单词 | eighteen-wheeler |
释义 | > as lemmaseighteen-wheeler eighteen-wheeler n. originally North American an articulated lorry with eighteen wheels. ΚΠ 1934 N.Y. Times 15 Apr. xx. 7/1 Convoys carrying pipes to the east set out daily with seven great eighteen-wheeler lorries in each convoy in charge of an officer. 1975 News Jrnl. (Mansfield, Ohio) 6 Oct. 4/5 Occasionally, young punks use their eighteen-wheelers like weapons. But the seasoned truckers don't. 2002 D. B. Mason Men with Brooms ii. iii. 179 An eighteen-wheeler with a big cab-over sat quietly under the floodlights of a nearby parking lot, looking for all the world like a dozing buffalo. < as lemmas |
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