单词 | touring |
释义 | touringn. The action of tour v. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [noun] > travelling about > touring touring1818 1818 Sporting Mag. 2 225 Some persons call this touring. 1827 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) IV. 76 It was in the summer season of touring and visiting. 1874 J. S. Blackie On Self-culture 44 The modern habits of travelling and touring can be made to subserve the double end of health and culture. Compounds C1. General attributive, as touring bag, touring centre, touring club, touring ground. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > holiday-making or tourism > [noun] > resort holiday centrec1450 holiday resortc1450 summer resort1757 touring ground1858 vacation-land1927 getaway1968 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. vii. iii. 181 Touring expeditions; which are now..done by steam, without even eyesight, not to say intelligence. c1878 Prospectus The Bicycle Touring Club, founded at the North of England Meet held at Harrogate on the 5th August, 1878. 1885 Manch. Examiner 11 Nov. 3/2 Norway has become such a..popular touring ground. 1930 Cycling 4 July p. iii Touring bag. 1978 Exchange & Mart 20 Apr. (South ed.) 133/3 (advt.) Motor cycle tank touring bag. 1981 Nordic Skiing Jan. 4/2 A group of Appalachian Mountain Club members went for a hike on trails established by a touring center for cross country skiing. C2. touring-car n. a motor car designed for touring purposes, with accommodation for passengers and luggage. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor car > [noun] > touring car touring-car1903 tourer1927 grand tourer1955 grand touring1957 gran turismo1960 1903 Encycl. Amer. II. at Automobile Gasoline touring cars. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 23 July 4/1 The Grand Prix was in no sense a touring-car race. touring-sedan n. U.S. a touring-car with sedan body. ΚΠ 1915 Literary Digest 21 Aug. (cover advt.) The touring Sedan, for all seasons. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2021). > as lemmasˈtouring ˈtouring adj. that tours. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [adjective] > touring touring1832 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [adjective] > touring touring1832 1832 F. Trollope Domest. Manners Amer. (ed. 2) II. xxxiii. 236 To this frail shelter..nearly all the touring gentlemen..find their way. 1867 Harper's Mag. Dec. 96/1 As railways have multiplied, the formation of what are called Touring-parties, for the purpose of giving concerts and operas in the provinces, has become the business of many. 1870 Athenæum 15 Oct. 506 A touring troupe of singers from this country. 1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 27 Oct. 4/1 Town-abiding and touring Americans. 1888 J. Pennell in Pall Mall Gaz 25 Oct. 5 From the standpoint of a touring cycler. 1895 A. Roberts & R. Morton Adventures A. Roberts xiii. 159 Whether from preference or economy,..this touring company generally slept at night on the beach. 1969 G. Greene Trav. with my Aunt i. xi. 105 The touring company..came after my Paris days. It was in Paris that I was spotted by Mr Visconti... ‘He was a great amateur of..the stage.’ 1983 Times 7 Sept. 3/4 Scunthorpe is a regular stop-off point for touring companies. < n.1818 as lemmas |
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