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单词 ghost bike
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Definition of ghost bike in English:

ghost bike

noun
  • A bicycle painted white and left as a memorial at a site where a cyclist was fatally injured in a collision with a motor vehicle.

    a ghost bike is a reminder of the vulnerability of cyclists
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It lived on as an urban sculpture: a roadside shrine and an extravagant ghost bike rolled into one.
    • A "ghost bike" marked the intersection for months following his death.
    • One coasts past the 'ghost bike' memorials, fallen soldiers in the silent war between the car drivers and the meek and environmentally conscious.
    • From the statues of the long-dead to the white "ghost bikes" of the recently taken cyclist, there is a human need to record and remember.
    • Fellow graphic design students have honoured Charlie by chaining the ghost bike to the willow tree outside the college.
    • There's not much left of his ghost bike by the A12 junction, but his helmet, gloves and neckerchief have somehow survived the ravages of three months in the open.
    • On Brian's side of the roundabout, outside McDonalds, a ghost bike has appeared.
    • Her white ghost bike has been reinstated on the railings in memoriam.
    • Some ghost bikes, which first appeared in 2003 in St. Louis, have been vandalized or had handlebars and other parts stolen.
    • Cann found a snow-white "ghost bike," festooned with a maroon Christmas garland and placed at the site of a bicycle accident.
 
 

Definition of ghost bike in US English:

ghost bike

noun
  • A bicycle painted white and left as a memorial at a site where a cyclist was fatally injured by a collision with a motor vehicle.

    a ghost bike is a reminder of the vulnerability of cyclists
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There's not much left of his ghost bike by the A12 junction, but his helmet, gloves and neckerchief have somehow survived the ravages of three months in the open.
    • It lived on as an urban sculpture: a roadside shrine and an extravagant ghost bike rolled into one.
    • One coasts past the 'ghost bike' memorials, fallen soldiers in the silent war between the car drivers and the meek and environmentally conscious.
    • Cann found a snow-white "ghost bike," festooned with a maroon Christmas garland and placed at the site of a bicycle accident.
    • Her white ghost bike has been reinstated on the railings in memoriam.
    • From the statues of the long-dead to the white "ghost bikes" of the recently taken cyclist, there is a human need to record and remember.
    • Some ghost bikes, which first appeared in 2003 in St. Louis, have been vandalized or had handlebars and other parts stolen.
    • A "ghost bike" marked the intersection for months following his death.
    • On Brian's side of the roundabout, outside McDonalds, a ghost bike has appeared.
    • Fellow graphic design students have honoured Charlie by chaining the ghost bike to the willow tree outside the college.
 
 
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