jalopy
英 [d??'l?p?]美[d??'lɑpi]
- n. 破舊車；破舊的飛機
詞態變化
復數:?jalopies;
中文詞源
jalopy 破舊的汽車
可能來自墨西哥城市Jalapa,因美國的許多二手車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).
雙語例句
- 1. I have a special passion for that jalopy.
- 我對那部老爺車有特殊的感情.
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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?
- 你竟然花錢買了那輛老爺車?
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- 4. I'll use this jalopy.
- 我用這輛破舊車.
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- 5. " Ah, it was an old jalopy. "
- “ 啊, 那是一輛舊車. ”
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