英语词源
- autocar (n.)
- 1895, from auto- + car.
Which is it to be? We observe that the London Times has lent the weight of its authority to the word "autocar," which it now prints without the significant inverted commas but with a hyphen, "auto-car." We believe that the vocable originated with a journal called the Hardwareman, which succeeded in obtaining the powerful support of the Engineer for its offspring. As for ourselves, being linguistic purists, we do not care for hybrid constructions--"auto" is Greek, while "car" is Latin and Celtic. At the same time, such clumsy phrases as "horseless carriages," "mechanical road carriages," and "self-propelled vehicles" are not meeting with general favour. Why not therefore adopt the philogically sound "motor-car," which could be run into a single word, "motorcar"? ["The Electrical Engineer," Dec. 20, 1895]
权威例句
- 1. So, let's see what Autocar has to say about them.
- 因此, 让我们看看汽车已表示他们.
- 2. It exists everywhere from mobile phone to autocar.
- 从手机里到汽车中无处不存在嵌入式系统的影子.
- 3. Today I read an article forwarded by LG regarding the pollution of autocar to human beings.
- 今天读了一篇老公发来的文章,是关于汽车污染问题的.
- 4. As Wang's autocar approached the unit, Wang thought yet again about Cedric's Personal Interactions.
- 在王的自动汽车快到单位的时候, 王还在想Cedric的人际交流功能.
- 5. Applications: Medical, aviation, oceanic industries, petrochemical engineering, military , autocar , power plant and so on.
- 应用领域: 医疗 、 航空 、 海洋工业 、 石油化工 、 军工、汽车 、 发电厂、电站等.