| 单词 | jalopy |
| 释义 | jalopy noun[C] informalhumorousuk/dʒəˈlɒp.i/us/dʒəˈlɑː.pi/anoldcar: 旧汽车I'vesoldmyoldjalopy to my neighbour'sson.我把我的旧汽车卖给邻居的儿子了。 Cars
jalopy| American Dictionaryjalopy noun[C] infmlhumorousus/dʒəˈlɑp·i/anoldcarinbadcondition Examplesofjalopyjalopy Many words, however, are an addition to the language locally, for example a skoroskoro for ajalopy(or a matric dance for the same!). From theCambridge English Corpus It is not just the poor chap with the oldjalopy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen 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 theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is the person with an oldjalopybuilt 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 theOpen 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 theOpen 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 theOpen 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 thejalopy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen 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 andjalopy-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 convertiblejalopyasking 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 ajalopyand 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 ajalopyracetrack 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 oldjalopy. 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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