单词 | autoing |
释义 | autoingn. Chiefly U.S. Now historical. The action or practice of using an automobile; driving. Also: this as a sport or pastime. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > [noun] driving1611 autoing1899 1899 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. 19 July 5/7 Society is wondering over the tea cups as to whether it shall go ‘automobiling’, ‘autoing’, or ‘biling’. 1904 Washington Post 2 July 8/7 Autoing is on the rapid increase here and there are now over 800 machines in use. 1927 T. H. Shastid Give People their own War Power 100 The scholar..should go into a corner store on a wet Sunday afternoon, when autoing is not so good. 2005 R. Anderson Little Fugue (2006) ix. 302 In America, autoing had become a mating ritual, no holds barred, no speed limit observed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1899 |
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