单词 | autoist |
释义 | autoistn. Chiefly U.S. Now rare. A person who drives or uses an automobile; a motorist. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of motor vehicle automobilist1896 motorist1896 autoist1899 chauffeur1899 motor-carist1899 motor driver1902 jockey1912 drive1999 1899 Weekly Register-call (Central City, Colorado) 17 Mar. 3/5 In London he is called ‘autoist’, ‘autocarist’ or ‘motocyclist’. 1903 Sci. Amer. 21 Feb. 134/1 Bills giving equal rights to autoists and the drivers of horses. 1943 Life 24 May 24 That figure allows no new rubber at all for civilian autoists. 1967 D. L. Thomas Plungers & Peacocks viii. 148 No autoist knew when he started out whether the engine would conk out before the trip was over. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1899 |
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