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penny-farthing
英 [ˌpeni ˈfɑːðɪŋ] 美 [ˌpeni ˈfɑːrðɪŋ]

  • 一种前轮大后轮小的脚踏车

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短语

penny farthing 前轮大后轮小的自行车 ; 前轮大后轮小的脚踏车

Penny Farthing Hotel & Cottages 高轮单车小屋酒店

The penny farthing Hotel 佩妮法尔廷酒店

  • 前轮大后轮小的自行车

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Penny-farthing

  • abstract: Penny-farthing, high wheel, high wheeler, and ordinary are all terms used to describe a type of bicycle with a large front wheel and a much smaller rear wheel that was popular after the boneshaker, until the development of the safety bicycle, in the 1880s. They were the first machines to be called "bicycles".

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 柯林斯英汉双解大词典 

penny-farthing

  • 1. 

    N an early type of bicycle with a large front wheel and a small rear wheel, the pedals being attached to the front wheel 早期前轮大后轮小的自行车 (US name ordinary) [英国英语]

双语例句权威例句

  • The ancestor of the modern bicycle was called a penny-farthing.

    现代自行车的原型称作penny-farthing（一种前轮大后轮小的自行车）。

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  • With 13,600 Km already covered on his 19th century "penny farthing" bicycle, a 39-year-old Briton has embarked on one of the toughest 2 legs of his world 3 trek-china.

    一名现年39岁的的英国人已经用他那19世纪的古董自行车走过了13600公里的距离，现在，他行程中最艰难的一段——中国之旅已经开始了。

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  • British engineer James Starley is, perhaps, most commonly associated with the iconic (and slightly ridiculous) Penny-farthing with its oversized front wheel, but the "safety bicycle, " which his nephew developed the first commercially successful version of in 1885, is the blueprint for most modern bikes.

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