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单词 monotroch
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monotrochn.

Forms: 1800s monotroch, 1800s monotroche.
Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek μονότροχος.
Etymology: < medieval Greek or Byzantine Greek μονότροχος wheelbarrow (in an undated gloss) < ancient Greek μονο- mono- comb. form + τροχός wheel (see trochus n.).
Obsolete.
A conveyance or other piece of machinery having or consisting of only one wheel.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > with specific number of wheels
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1807 Sporting Mag. 29 66 A most curious sort of gig called a Monotroche from its having only one wheel was exhibited in Bond Street, the 24th inst.
1825 T. Moore Mem. Life R. B. Sheridan I. 22 Ixion..instead of being fixed to a torturing wheel, was to have been fixed to a vagrant monotroche, as knife-grinder.
1828 W. Scott Aunt Margaret's Mirror ad init. These monotrochs [sc. wheelbarrows].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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