“horseless”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

horseless

释义

horseless, a.|ˈhɔːslɪs|
Without a horse. Applied c 1895–1910 to motor vehicles.
1671H. M. tr. Erasm. Colloq. 429 The horseless Horse⁓man.1790Cowper Let. to Bull 8 Sept., We rejoice that though unhorsed, or rather horseless, you are come safe home again.1878Lond. Rev. Jan. 338 It is from the apparently horseless Continent of America that the finest geological evidence of the pedigree of the horse is to be traced.1895Chamb. Jrnl. XII. 673/1 Horseless carriages threaten to give a new aspect to road traffic.1900T. Eaton & Co. Catal. Christmas 5/1 Horseless carriage, large size, wind with key, best spring, 50 c.1901Chambers's Jrnl. Jan. 14/2 The three great trusts that control the making and using of these horseless machines.1905Ibid. Jan. 111/1 Farmers, who now look askance at horseless vehicles.1973J. Wainwright Devil you Don't 144 An Olde Worlde coaching town which hadn't yet got round to noticing the arrival of the horseless carriage.

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