| 单词 | jalopy |
| 释义 | jalopy (once / 57656 pages) n A jalopy is an old car that isn't working very well. You'd never call a new, smooth-running car a jalopy. There are a lot of insulting words in English, mostly for people. This insult is for a car: a jalopy is a rundown, beat-up, falling apart car that needs to be replaced. You'll never see a car salesman say "Check out our selection of jalopies!" A jalopy might have been a great car at one point, but it has seen better days. WORD FAMILYjalopy: jalopies USAGE EXAMPLESDevices like the Automatic Pro can bring almost any vehicle—even a jalopy you bought when *NSYNC was popular—into the smartphone age. Wall Street Journal(Aug 31, 2016) Poverty set upon him to stay while he was lying beneath a burned-out jalopy. Los Angeles Times(Aug 14, 2016) The characters made fudge and kept up Teddy-bear collections, called their cars “jalopies” and entered radio contests. The New Yorker(Jul 07, 2016) n a car that is old and unreliable Syn|Hyper bus, heap auto, automobile, car, machine, motorcar a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine dysphemisman offensive or disparaging expression that is substituted for an inoffensive one |
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