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单词 angle-park
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angle-parkv.

Brit. /ˈaŋɡl pɑːk/, U.S. /ˈæŋɡ(ə)l pɑrk/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: angle n.2, park v.
Etymology: < angle n.2 + park v. Compare earlier angle-parking n., angle-parked adj.
Originally U.S.
1. transitive. To park (a vehicle) at an oblique angle to the kerb. Occasionally in extended use.
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1937 N.Y. Times 10 Oct. l25/1 In time to see ‘Brown and Carlisle push shut the door of a car angle-parked in front of the main entrance to the station’.
1958 Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.) 12 July 11/6 Police said Mr. Harrington..was angle parking his car when he apparently stepped on the gas instead of the brake.
1960 C. P. McMeekan Grass to Milk 150 In this type of shed the cows are angle-parked in two rows separated by the milkers ‘well’.
1986 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 4 Mar. b1/5 The Ford..is usually angle-parked with the other official cars.
2007 Mornington Penins. (Austral.) Leader (Nexis) 23 Jan. 14 The Safety Beach caravan park..[requires] its clients to angle park their cars on the nature strip in Dromana Pde.
2. intransitive. Of a vehicle or driver: to park at an oblique angle to the kerb. Occasionally in extended use.
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1949 Van Nuys (Calif.) News 27 June 1/5 You are angle parking in a parallel parking zone.
1989 Courier Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 7 Oct. (caption) Planes angle park outside instead of cars.
2000 J. M. Gray Gift for Little Master 193 A white..ambulance conversion roars in, slams on its..brakes unnecessarily and swerves to angle-park at the curb.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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