| 单词 | penny-farthing |
| 释义 | penny-farthing[ pen-ee-fahr-thing ] / ˈpɛn iˌfɑr ðɪŋ / noun British.a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind. Also called ordinary . Origin of penny-farthingFrom a comparison of the size difference between the two bicycle wheels to the size difference between an old British penny and a farthing Words nearby penny-farthingpenny arcade, Penny Black, pennyboy, pennycress, penny dreadful, penny-farthing, penny loafer, penny pincher, penny-pinching, penny post, pennyroyal Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for penny-farthingpenny-farthing nounBritish an early type of bicycle with a large front wheel and a small rear wheel, the pedals being attached to the front wheelUS name: ordinary Word Origin for penny-farthingC20: so called because of the similarity between the relative sizes of the wheels and the relative sizes of the (old) penny and farthing coins 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 |
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