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pennyfarthing的意思

pennyfarthing

基本解释

英文词源

pennyfarthing (adj.)
also penny farthing, penny-farthing, "ineffective," 1887, from penny + farthing, the two together making but a small sum. The noun, in reference to the kind of bicycle with a small wheel in back and a big one in front (so called from the notion of different size coins) is first recorded 1927.

实用例句

1. The ancestor of the modern bicycle is called a penny farthing.
现代自行车的原型叫做‘前轮大后轮小的自行车’.
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