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单词 random-tandem
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random-tandemadv.n.

Forms: see randem n. and tandem n.1 and adv.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: randem n., tandem adv.
Etymology: < either randem n. or randem adv. + tandem adv. Compare also tandem and random (see quot. 1818 at randem adv.).
Obsolete.
A. adv.
= randem adv.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > [adverb] > driving type of team of horses
random-tandem1809
four-in-hand1810
randem1818
unicorn1859
1809 M. Edgeworth Moral Tales II. 75 To..go down..to Marryborough, in his dog cart, random-tandem.
1861 Ierne 206 No less than three splendid greys, harnessed ‘random tandem’, which were..quickly attached in front of the wheeler, in Indian file.
B. n.
= randem n. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [noun] > drawn by specific number or arrangement
tandem1785
unicorn1785
four-in-hand1793
randem1801
two-at-length1823
troika1842
random-tandem1847
1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words Randem-tandem, a tandem with three horses.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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