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单词 unicycle
释义

unicycle

[ yoo-nuh-sahy-kuhl ]
/ ˈyu nəˌsaɪ kəl /

noun

a vehicle with one wheel, especially a pedal-driven device kept upright and steered by body balance, commonly used by acrobats and other performers.

verb (used without object), u·ni·cy·cled, u·ni·cy·cling.

to ride a unicycle.

Origin of unicycle

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70; uni- + cycle

OTHER WORDS FROM unicycle

u·ni·cy·clist, noun

Words nearby unicycle

unicornous, unicorn plant, unicorn uterus, unicostate, unicuspid, unicycle, unidentified, unidimensional, unidirectional, UNIDO, uniface
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Example sentences from the Web for unicycle

  • And I guarantee that neither candidate is going to rip up your commuter route and replace it with a unicycle track.

    Ask the Blogger: How About That Election?|Megan McArdle|November 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
  • Lenny sat behind the far desk, watching his brother come up the primrose path in a unicycle.

    The Foreign Hand Tie|Gordon Randall Garrett
  • M. Scuri is also known as the inventor of a unicycle and a quadruple cornet.

    Magic, Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions Including Trick Photography|Albert A. Hopkins
  • Unicycle, ū-ni-sī′kl, n. an acrobat's cycle having but one wheel.

    Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various

British Dictionary definitions for unicycle

unicycle
/ (ˈjuːnɪˌsaɪkəl) /

noun

a one-wheeled vehicle driven by pedals, esp one used in a circus, etcAlso called: monocycle

Derived forms of unicycle

unicyclist, noun

Word Origin for unicycle

from uni- + cycle, on the model of tricycle
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