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单词 go-faster stripes
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go-faster stripes
1. attributive. Chiefly humorous. Designating a (peripheral) design feature intended to give something (originally and chiefly a vehicle) the appearance of being capable of high speed, or (more generally) to give it a sporty appearance; esp. in go-faster stripes. Also in extended use: designating a feature or format intended to make something more attractive or engaging, typically on a superficial level.
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1967 Daily Mirror 19 Sept. 14/1 (Perishers comic strip) Right—the car comes to 10/- an' you ordered two go-faster mirrors at 5/- each an' a go-faster stripe at 4/6.
1971 Times 1 Apr. 29/4 Three exclusive colours are specified, with some strikingly extrovert ‘go-faster’ stripes if you want them.
1989 Marketing Week 9 June 31/1 Eventually..there must come a winnowing, even among the latest go-faster cards, as consumers consult their pockets and find the cost of keeping more than one credit card doesn't add up.
1993 Flyer July 70/3 A host of extras is available from go-faster wheel spats to disc brakes.
1995 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 16 Feb. 9/2 Rushdie is perceived as a master-practitioner of ‘magic realism’, as if ‘magic’ were a go-faster adjunct to the trite.
2002 I. Knight Don't you want Me? vii. 86 He's..wearing Eighties-style track pants with two go-faster stripes down the side.
2012 Psychologies (U.K. ed.) Apr. 162/1 Lycra-clad cyclists in go-faster neon sped past us casting supercilious glances.
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