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单词 bobsleigh
释义

bobsleigh

[ bob-sley ]
/ ˈbɒbˌsleɪ /

noun, verb (used without object) Chiefly British.

bobsled.

Words nearby bobsleigh

Bobruisk, bobrun, bob skate, bobsled, bobsledding, bobsleigh, bobstay, bobsy-die, bobtail, bob up, bob veal
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Example sentences from the Web for bobsleigh

  • The bobsleigh track is at Hunderfossen, nine miles outside of town.

    Where to Win Your Own Winter Olympics|Lonely Planet|January 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
  • They brought it out from Buckhorn, in the bobsleigh, all wrapped up in old buffalo-robes and blankets and tarpaulins.

    The Prairie Wife|Arthur Stringer
  • He recommended a pair of skis, or a bobsleigh; he could put a fine fall of snow into the negative.

    Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 146., January 21, 1914|Various

British Dictionary definitions for bobsleigh

bobsleigh
/ (ˈbɒbˌsleɪ) /

noun

a racing sledge for two or more people, with a steering mechanism enabling the driver to direct it down a steeply banked ice-covered run
(esp formerly)
  1. a sleigh made of two short sledges joined one behind the other
  2. one of these two short sledges

verb

(intr) to ride on a bobsleigh
Also called (esp US and Canadian): bobsled (ˈbɒbˌslɛd)

Word Origin for bobsleigh

C19: bob ² + sleigh
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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