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单词 veteran car
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veteran car
b. British. Designating a style or model of motor vehicle made before a certain stipulated date, typically 1919 or (more strictly) 1905. Chiefly in veteran car, contrasted with vintage car n. at vintage n. 4b (cf. also classic car at classic adj. 7b). Hence: designating the oldest class of other products of manufacture (often coupled with vintage) .
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1931 Scotsman 14 Nov. 9 (headline) Veteran car run.
1933 A. G. Macdonell England, their England xiii. 222 A three-mile clatter in the veteran car—‘never can get the new car,’ explained Mr. Fielding.
1958 M. Kelly Christmas Egg iii. 107 An apartment..was devoted to the needs of those who..wished to play vintage and veteran records.
1959 Listener 29 Jan. 201/2 A veteran car is generally considered to be a pre-1917 model though a few extremely exclusive owners recognise only pre-1905 cars as qualifying for the title.
1961 J. Sheldon (title) Veteran and vintage motor cycles.
1965 L. Hunt (title) Veteran and vintage aircraft.
1980 Times 1 Nov. 14/2 Nineteen-thirty had seen the foundation of the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain.
1992 M. Baren How it all Began 2/2 From 1953 to 1957 the company produced more construction kits, covering sections such as aircraft, historical ships, veteran cars,..and historical subjects.
1996 Adv. Driving Milestones Winter 15 The term ‘classic car’ generally refers to cars from the post-war era, as distinct from vintage and veteran.
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