jalopy
英 [d??'l?p?]
美[d??'lɑpi]
- n. 破舊車(chē)；破舊的飛機(jī)
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?jalopies;
中文詞源
jalopy 破舊的汽車(chē)
可能來(lái)自墨西哥城市Jalapa,因美國(guó)的許多二手車(chē)都被出口到這里而得名。
英文詞源
- jalopy (n.)
- "battered old automobile," 1924 (early variants include jaloupy, jaloppi, gillopy), of unknown origin; perhaps from Jalapa, Mexico, where many U.S. used cars supposedly were sent (see jalapeno).
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. I have a special passion for that jalopy.
- 我對(duì)那部老爺車(chē)有特殊的感情.
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- 2. The old jalopy clanked up the hill.
- 這輛破舊的汽車(chē)哐啷哐啷地爬上了山坡.
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- 3. You actually paid money for that jalopy?
- 你竟然花錢(qián)買(mǎi)了那輛老爺車(chē)?
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- 4. I'll use this jalopy.
- 我用這輛破舊車(chē).
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- 5. " Ah, it was an old jalopy. "
- “ 啊, 那是一輛舊車(chē). ”
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