单词 | rear-ender |
释义 | > as lemmasˌrear-ˈender ˌrear-ˈender n. a rear-end collision; cf. rear-end v. ΚΠ 1909 Evening Times (Cumberland, Maryland) 20 Apr. 7/2 The captain states in his thirty-nine years experience he has passed through accidents of all kinds, head-on collisions, rear-enders, derailments and every mixture of smash ups and delays that befall traffic on the rail. 1932 Erie Railroad Mag. Apr. 46/1 With all his fast running I never knew of him piling them up, of any but a few derailments and never a rear-ender. 2002 B. Reed My Dying Breath (2004) 186 The truck behind it rear-ended both of them. ‘I was..behind the rear-ender and saw the whole thing.’ < as lemmas |
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