| 词汇 | jalopy |
| 释义 | jalopy noun[ C ] informalhumorousuk /dʒəˈlɒp.i/ us /dʒəˈlɑː.pi/ an old car: 旧汽车 I've sold my old jalopy to my neighbour's son.我把我的旧汽车卖给邻居的儿子了。 Cars 4×4 all-wheel drive artic automobile banger beetle black cab classic car crock dragster hardtop Jeep marque Mk motor rear-wheel drive road racer sport utility vehicle sportily sprint car jalopy | American Dictionaryjalopy noun[ C ] infmlhumorousus/dʒəˈlɑp·i/ an old car in bad condition Examples of jalopyjalopy Many words, however, are an addition to the language locally, for example a skoroskoro for a jalopy (or a matric dance for the same!). It is not just the poor chap with the old jalopy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I found that virtually all cars ran on unleaded petrol and only a few ancient jalopies still ran on leaded petrol. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is the person with an old jalopy built in 1965 or earlier which invariably is not fit to pass a roadworthiness certificate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This figure of 40,000 includes not only cars, people with "jalopies", but people driving luxury cars and business firms with heavy and light lorries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those who have indulged in the game of making amateur cars know that we call them jalopies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Then he would have been 25 years of age and thinking of getting married, and that would have been the end of the jalopy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Parents were forced to pack up jalopies with their families and a few personal belongings, and head west in search of work. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Built on the former location of the original racer, it originally featured a series of small hills in the track and jalopy-style cars. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Four college students pull up in an old convertible jalopy asking to use his water hose for their radiator. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He drove a jalopy and called people darling. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The property was used as a jalopy racetrack during the 1940s and early 1950s. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. After this, he started wandering across the country in an old jalopy. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Vehicles are rundown jalopies of a seeming 1920s vintage, even in the 1970s and beyond. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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