jalopy
英 [dʒə'lɒpɪ]
美[dʒə'lɑpi]
- n. 破旧车；破旧的飞机
词态变化
复数: jalopies;
中文词源
jalopy 破旧的汽车
可能来自墨西哥城市Jalapa,因美国的许多二手车都被出口到这里而得名。
英文词源
- 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).
双语例句
- 1. I have a special passion for that jalopy.
- 我对那部老爷车有特殊的感情.
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- 2. The old jalopy clanked up the hill.
- 这辆破旧的汽车哐啷哐啷地爬上了山坡.
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- 3. You actually paid money for that jalopy?
- 你竟然花钱买了那辆老爷车?
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- 4. I'll use this jalopy.
- 我用这辆破旧车.
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- 5. " Ah, it was an old jalopy. "
- “ 啊, 那是一辆旧车. ”
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