| 单词 | old crock |
| 释义 | > as lemmasold crock 4. slang. An old, worn-out vehicle, ship, bicycle, etc.; esp. as old crock. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > [noun] > old or useless vessel hull1582 coffin1833 ballyhoo1836 old lady1841 rack-heap1850 wreck1896 crock1903 rust bucket1944 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor car > [noun] > old, worn-out crock1903 struggle-buggy1925 heap1926 crate1928 jalopy1929 clunker1930 junker1932 iron1935 fixer-upper1948 bomb1953 banger1962 hooptie1968 skedonk1970 gambo1971 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle propelled by feet > [noun] > cycle > bicycle > old worn out crock1903 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > old aircraft crate1928 crock1935 1903 R. Kipling Traffics & Discov. (1904) 123 But if those cruisers are crocks, why does the Admiral let 'em out of Weymouth at all? 1905 G. B. Shaw in Grand Mag. Feb. 116 An old crock of a 1904 six-cylinder car. 1914 A. Bennett Price of Love xii. 242 I'm going to buy you a bike. I've had enough of that old crock I borrowed for you. 1935 H. G. Wells Things to Come ix. 71 I understand you want all of these out-of-date crocks of yours..to fly again. 1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren iii. 55 When boys see an antiquated machine [sc. bicycle] they shout:..‘Sell that crock and buy a bike.’ old crock old crock n. [ < old adj. + crock n.3 (see sense 4 s.v.] a worn-out vehicle, ship, etc. ΚΠ 1895 Daily News 17 Dec. 6/7 The pneumatic-tire folk are apt to despise the poor cyclist on his wretched ‘old crock’ and to regard him as a nuisance. 1914 A. Bennett Price of Love xii. 242 I'm going to buy you a bike. I've had enough of that old crock I borrowed for you. 1997 Sight & Sound Jan. 43/2 A car salesman selling smartened-up old crocks. < as lemmas |
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