单词 | trike |
释义 | triken. colloquial. 1. = tricycle n. 2. Also (rarely) = tricyclist n. at tricycle n. Derivatives. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > cycling > [noun] > cyclist > on tricycle tricyclist1878 tricycler1881 trike1883 triker1901 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle propelled by feet > [noun] > cycle > tricycle tricycle1868 trike1883 1883 Sporting Life (Philadelphia) 22 Apr. 6/5 Londoners call bicyclists ‘bikes’ and tricyclists ‘trikes’. 1884 Wheel World Apr. 495/2 The makers of his new trike. 1901 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 May 1 The commercial ‘trike’ is, perhaps, the least supportable of the various tyrannies on wheels. 1912 A. S. M. Hutchinson Happy Warrior iii. v. 148 I'm all mixed up in this awful trike, you know. 1939 X. Herbert Capricornia (new ed.) xiii. 185 There is no fixed time for those who wish to come by horse or trike. Just roll up when you like. 1939–40 Army & Navy Stores Catal. 827/1 Trike..for ages 3 to 7 years. 1972 Oxf. Times 4 Feb. 17 An Oxford doctor has condemned the three-wheeled invalid trikes as ‘tin coffins’. 1984 N.Z. Farmer 23 Feb. 31/2 (caption) Honda farm bikes and trikes remain one of the strongest sellers in Motor Holdings' lineup. 2. A kind of ultralight aircraft. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > small or light aircraft light aircraft1913 puddle-jumper1917 light plane1923 runabout1932 runabout plane1966 ultralight1974 microlight1980 trike1981 1981 M. A. Markowski Ultralight Aircraft 45 The trike appears to be a viable approach to ultralight flight and allows thousands of hang gliders to be powered, as desired. 1982 Sci. Amer. July 63/1 A trike (from tricycle) is a pyramidal tubular frame that holds the engine, the pilot's seat and the landing gear. Derivatives trike v. intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > cycling > cycle [verb (intransitive)] > ride tricycle tricycle1883 trike1885 1885 Notes & Queries 14 Nov. 386/1 Do you bike or trike? 1904 R. C. Jebb in Life & Lett. (1907) 403 I..‘triked’ round by Grantchester. 1977 Times 9 Aug. 5/7 Many disabled people are now turning from the ‘to trike or not to trike’ argument. ˈtriker n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > cycling > [noun] > cyclist > on tricycle tricyclist1878 tricycler1881 trike1883 triker1901 1901 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 May 1 I was further gratified with the intimation that the peccant triker had been discovered. ˈtriking n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > cycling > [noun] > riding a tricycle tricycling1882 triking1890 1890 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang II. 374/1 Trike, (common) a tricycle; triking, cycling. Do you bike or trike? do you ride a bicycle or a tricycle? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † trikev. Obsolete. rare. intransitive. To hang down, descend, fall in a flowing manner. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > hang or be suspended [verb (intransitive)] > hang down > trailingly trikea1350 trilla1400 trailc1412 train1584 dragglec1594 tag1617 traipsea1777 streel1847 trape1875 a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 38 Hire gurdel of bete gold is al, vmben hire middel smal, þat trikeþ to þe to. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1883v.a1350 |
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