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单词 hot rod
释义

hot rod

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noun Slang.

an automobile specially built or altered for fast acceleration and increased speed.

Origin of hot rod

An Americanism dating back to 1940–45

Words nearby hot rod

hot pool, hot pot, hot potato, hot-press, hot pressing, hot rod, hot rodder, hot-roll, hots, hot sauce, hot seat

Definition for hot rod (2 of 2)

hot-rod
[ hot-rod ]
/ ˈhɒtˈrɒd /
Slang.

verb (used without object), hot-rod·ded, hot-rod·ding.

to drive a hot rod.
to drive very fast.

verb (used with object), hot-rod·ded, hot-rod·ding.

to drive (a vehicle) very fast.
to adapt (a vehicle or its engine) for increased speed.

Origin of hot-rod

First recorded in 1945–50
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for hot rod

  • There was no pity in Mike but would his pride let him hot-rod an eighteen-year-old?

    The Man from Time|Frank Belknap Long

British Dictionary definitions for hot rod

hot rod

noun

a car with an engine that has been radically modified to produce increased power
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with hot rod

hot rod

An automobile modified to increase its speed and acceleration, as in Kids love to tinker with cars and try to convert them into hot rods. [Mid-1900s] Also see hopped up.

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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