单词 | joyride |
释义 | joyriden. Originally U.S. colloquial. 1. A leisurely excursion in a motor vehicle, aeroplane, etc., taken for pleasure.With specific reference to such trips taken in an aeroplane, cf. joy-flight n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > [noun] > a flight through air or space > for pleasure joyride1906 joy-flight1923 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [noun] > a ride in a vehicle > joy-ride joyride1906 1906 Buffalo (N.Y.) Commerc. 3 Aug. (Last ed.) 6/4 An auto agent in explaining ‘joy rides’, said... ‘Some of the larger garages keep special cars detailed solely for joy rides, and they are busy from morning till night.’ 1919 Aeroplane 5 Feb. 555/1 There are two million people in this country who wish for what is vulgarly called a joy-ride in an aeroplane. 2004 Vanity Fair Oct. 158/1 Instead of playing golf, members take joyrides or leisurely weekend trips. 2. A dangerously fast and exciting drive, flight, etc.; spec. an instance of taking a motor vehicle without the owner's consent and driving it in a dangerously fast, reckless, or irresponsible manner, usually culminating in crashing or damaging the vehicle and abandoning it. Cf. earlier joyrider n. 1.Now the usual sense. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] > vehicle theft joyride1909 carjacking1970 hotting1991 carjack1992 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > [noun] > driving or operating a motor vehicle > in specific manner > a drive at high speed joyride1909 burn1966 fang1970 1909 N.Y. Evening Post (Semi-weekly ed.) 15 July 2 [The] Acting Mayor vetoed the ordinance passed last week to prevent city officers from taking ‘joy rides’. 1962 Star News (Pasadena, Calif.) 22 Feb. 7/5 A young sailor was killed and another seriously injured when a plane they allegedly had stolen for a ‘joy ride’ crashed and burst into flames near here early today. 1988 Times 16 Nov. 14/8 A boy, aged 10, escaped with minor injuries after he stole a bus and took it on a joyride that ended after he hit a fire engine. 2001 D. Lehane Mystic River 329 The car was found down in Rome Basin... Someone jacked it, took it for a joyride, then abandoned it. 3. figurative and in extended use. Something likened to a joyride, esp. in being just for fun or pleasure, or in being illicit, frivolous, or wild; a jaunt, a romp.Sometimes spec. with reference to sexual intercourse; see e.g. 1922 and cf. ride n.2 7a. ΚΠ 1911 Pharmaceut. Era Mar. 101/1 Streamers of torn posters which have covered the surface flapping untidily in the breeze, detached pieces flying about and doubtless giving joy-rides to countless victim-seeking germs. 1922 F. Harris My Life & Loves I. ix. 187 ‘My husband assured me that only the strongest young man could go twice with a woman in one day!..Aren't you tired?’..‘No,’ I replied, ‘I feel no fatigue, indeed, I feel the better for our joy ride!’ 2008 Magnet No. 79. 112/2 For more than a decade, Drew Daniel and MC Schmidt have been taking electronica for a joyride. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). joyridev. Originally U.S. colloquial. intransitive. To go for a joyride (now chiefly in sense 2 of the noun). Also transitive: to take (a vehicle) for a joyride. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport or convey in a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > on a joy-ride joyride1908 society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > fly (in) an aircraft [verb (intransitive)] > for pleasure joyride1908 society > travel > air or space travel > transport by air > transport through the air [verb (transitive)] > take on joy-ride joyride1908 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > ride in a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > joy-ride joyride1908 1908 Motor Boat (N.Y.) 25 Dec. 19/1 The rest of the motorboat fraternity were ‘joy-riding’ on the river one night. 1918 H. Hayens Lords of Air 41 Unfortunately I was not joy-riding, but bent on serious business. 1984 Sunday Times 1 July 2/4 They steal cars in the city centre and joyride them at speed in built-up areas. 2004 Washington Informer (Electronic ed.) 22 July Five people have been killed as a result of youth joyriding in stolen cars and crashing into other cars. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < |
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