| 单词 | skid-pan |
| 释义 | > as lemmasskid-pan skid-pan n. (a) (see quot. 1838); (b) a slippery road surface prepared to enable drivers to practise skid-correction; also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > movement of vehicles > [noun] > skidding > a surface to enable practise of skid-control skid-pan1958 pan1966 1838 W. Holloway Gen. Dict. Provincialisms Skid-pan, the iron, used to Skid with. 1884 C.T.C. Monthly Gaz. Nov. 347/1 These roads being composed of soft stone, and all waggons coming down with skidpans on. 1958 Times 17 June 9/6 On the skid pan (which is equivalent to a road covered with wet ice). 1959 News Chron. 12 Oct. 1/4 Rain turned many roads into skid-pans and caused hundreds of accidents. 1972 C. Mudie Motor Boats 108 The control of a car is exact and direct whereas a boat is on the skid pan of the sea. 1976 Norwich Mercury 17 Dec. 10/3 This thrilling game played at a terrific pace..on a greasy treacherous skidpan at Skinners Lane on Saturday. 1980 Sunday Times 21 Sept. (Colour Suppl.) 58/2 The first days of the course are instruction in evasive driving, done on a nearby skidpan. < as lemmas |
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