英语词汇“pedal-to-the-metal”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(a) pedal-to-the-metal: (originally in the context of driving, later also in extended use) high-speed, fast-paced; reckless, unrestrained. Also as adv. and in with the pedal to the metal: at top speed; headlong, recklessly.

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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > [adjective] > driving in specific manner

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1976 Time 27 Sept. 82/2 Up to 3,500 fans will..watch these two ‘pedal-to-the-metal’ drivers bump fenders as they scream around the track.

1987 J. Franklin Molecules of Mind (1988) xix. 257 Our world was an eighteen-wheeler full of dynamite, careening down the highway with the pedal to the metal.

1989 Economist (Nexis) 1 July 12 The French, who have been setting a pedal-to-the-metal pace towards the Monnet, will have to go slower than they wanted.

1998 Chicago Tribune 11 Jan. xii. 1/2 [He] is heading pedal-to-the-metal into matrimony.

2001 Esquire Aug. 131/1 3,000 miles of pedal-to-the-metal, wind-in-the-face, action-packed driving.

单词	pedal-to-the-metal
释义	> as lemmas pedal-to-the-metal (a) pedal-to-the-metal: (originally in the context of driving, later also in extended use) high-speed, fast-paced; reckless, unrestrained. Also as adv. and in with the pedal to the metal: at top speed; headlong, recklessly. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > [adjective] > driving in specific manner overspeeding1906 speeding1957 pedal-to-the-metal1976 1976 Time 27 Sept. 82/2 Up to 3,500 fans will..watch these two ‘pedal-to-the-metal’ drivers bump fenders as they scream around the track. 1987 J. Franklin Molecules of Mind (1988) xix. 257 Our world was an eighteen-wheeler full of dynamite, careening down the highway with the pedal to the metal. 1989 Economist (Nexis) 1 July 12 The French, who have been setting a pedal-to-the-metal pace towards the Monnet, will have to go slower than they wanted. 1998 Chicago Tribune 11 Jan. xii. 1/2 [He] is heading pedal-to-the-metal into matrimony. 2001 Esquire Aug. 131/1 3,000 miles of pedal-to-the-metal, wind-in-the-face, action-packed driving. extracted from pedaln.¹ < as lemmas
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