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单词 hot-rod
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hot-rodv.

Brit. /ˈhɒtrɒd/, U.S. /ˈhɑtˌrɑd/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: hot rod n.
Etymology: < hot rod n. Compare slightly later hot rodder n. at hot rod n. Derivatives.
Originally U.S.
1. intransitive. To travel rapidly, as if in a hot rod; to drive a hot rod.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > drive or operate a motor vehicle > specific type of vehicle
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1946 Los Angeles Times 13 Apr. i. 2/1 Back in 1946 you hot-rodded through Laguna Beach at 70.
1948 Daily Independent (Murphysboro, Illinois) 21 Feb. 2/2 Some jet-propelled contraption comes hot-rodding through the heavens and lays a few atomic bombs on this fair land.
1953 J. N. Leonard Flight into Space 87 All over the United States and in many other parts of the world are groups of enthusiasts who dream of hot-rodding off the tedious earth.
1958 J. D. MacDonald Executioners (1959) iv. 52 I don't want her hot~rodding around in the night, going to those drive-ins.
1978 J. Irving World according to Garp ix. 181 High school kids..hot-rodding around with their girl friends.
1991 P. Jenkins Fields of Vision vi. 49 As a teenager he preferred a steady wage and the time to go out hot-rodding.
2. transitive. To modify (a vehicle) to give enhanced speed and power; to ‘soup up’. Also in extended use.
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1949 Yuma (Arizona) Daily Sun 22 June 9/3 (caption) I hot rodded pop's mower!
1957 Duke July 70/3 It was just a matter of time before a Harvard lad would discover that a Harlem hustler's cap..was appropriate for hotrodding an MG.
1991 What Personal Computer Dec. 161/2 I was told it did an even better job of hot-rodding hardware.
2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 1 July e5/4 Documentaries of dumpster diving and radical political talk along with instructions on how to hot-rod a sports car illegally.

Derivatives

ˈhot-rodded adj. (of a motor vehicle) that has been modified to give enhanced power or speed; also in extended use.
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1952 Daily Rev. (Hayward, Calif.) 1 Aug. Now that Kenny Belshaw..owns Harry Bean's hot rodded Olds 88, expect to see him at the drag races.
1990 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) (Nexis) 30 Apr. b1 Some companies just buy standard chips and run them all faster than normal... Refuse to buy a PC that has a hot-rodded chip.
2005 Scootering June 148/2 The highlights for me were..a beautifully restored LD, the roofed Benelli Adiva, and of course the hot-rodded Ape.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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