| 单词 | to burn rubber | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasto burn (also lay down) rubber  (b)  to burn (also lay down) rubber and variants: to wear down the tyres of a vehicle, or leave tyre marks on a road surface, by rapid acceleration or deceleration; (hence) to drive at high speed. ΚΠ 1916    Los Angeles Times 22 Dec.  iii. 2/4  				Wilbur D'Alene..has not yet burned up a lot of practice rubber at the speedway. 1921    Sunset Apr. 33/3  				The driver may burn rubber for ten yards and yet have to endure the soul-sickening experience of running down and maiming or slaying one of that merry little party. 1942    ‘S. Sterling’ Kindly Omit Flowers in  Black Mask Mar. 112/1  				‘We'll have to burn rubber to make it.’.. The department sedan zoomed over to Park and Thirty-fourth. 1951    Western Folklore 10 248  				To lay rubber, to spin the rear tires so as to make a squeal, at the same time to leave a streak of rubber on the pavement. 1976    N. Thornburg Cutter & Bone iv. 91  				The huddled figure..going round the car and out of sight for a few moments and then back into it almost immediately and laying down rubber again. 2001    M. Blake 24 Karat Schmooze xvi. 295  				Two Squad cars burnt rubber and screamed to a halt by the gates. < as lemmas  | 
	
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