| 单词 |
jalopy |
| 释义 |
jalopy colloq. (orig. U.S.).|dʒəˈlɒpɪ|
Also † gillopy, jalapa, jollopy; jallopy, jaloppi(e), -y.
[Origin unknown.]
A battered old motor vehicle; also, an old aeroplane.
1929Hostetter & Beesley It's a Racket! 229 Jaloppi, a cheap make of automobile; an automobile fit only for junking. 1936J. Steinbeck In Dubious Battle vi. 90 Mac and Jim circled the buildings and went to the ancient Ford touring car. ‘Get in, Jim. You drive the gillopy.’ 1937Time 17 May 35/1 They announced they would burn..used cars at the fair grounds... The huge pile of jalopies was touched off while firemen..looked on. 1938P. Gallico in Sat. Even. Post 8 Oct. 8/3 He..made a living out of the Red Arrow Hangar down at one end of the field, teaching beginners how to hoist a couple of training jalopies around the field without killing themselves. 1941Auden New Year Let. iii. 68 And in jalopies there migrates A rootless tribe from windblown states. 1951Wodehouse Old Reliable xxi. 233 This afternoon we'll go out in my jalopy and start pricing ministers. 1955M. E. B. Banks Commando Climber vi. 114 Perhaps a succession of broken down jalopies has impaired my faith in the internal combustion engine. 1973A. Hunter Gently French ii. 22 He'd get in the jalopy beside him, start trying to pressure him. |
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