“tro、tro”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

tro-tro

释义

tro-tro, n.|ˈtrəʊtrəʊ|
Also trotro, tro tro; pl. unchanged and tro-tros.
[Ghanaian English, prob. f. Akan tro threepence, in reference to the fare.]
In Ghana: a converted lorry or van used as a public conveyance; a minibus.
1973Ghanaian Times 19 Apr. 12, 42 mini-buses currently being used as ‘tro-tro’ to convey workers to and from their offices had been drafted to supplement the fleet.1976M. Birmingham Heat of Sun v. 67 A tro-tro—as we call the minibuses which today carry Ghanaians on their endless journeyings.1977J. Wyllie To catch Viper (1979) xiv. 83, I went to the crossroads and got on a tro tro.1986B. K. Laing Search Sweet Country xi. 113 By the edge of the skyline where the trotros took people to and from poverty..the cock crowed into the city.1990Sunday Times 5 Aug. vii. 7/3 We caught a tro-tro (a public transport truck) to a market that stretched to the horizon.

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