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单词 hoverboard
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Definition of hoverboard in English:

hoverboard

noun ˈhɒvəbɔːdˈhəvərˌbɔrd
  • (chiefly in science fiction) a means of transport resembling a skateboard that travels above the surface of the ground, ridden in a standing position.

    an entire generation of kids grew up wishing they could one day ride a hoverboard
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Imagine how much easier it would have been for Riddick to totally outrun the sun if he would have had a hoverboard or jetpack.
    • So, you won't be taking your hoverboard out for a ride very soon, but the fact that Lifters can lift anything at all is a breakthrough for these weird science researchers.
    • According to Lexus, the Hoverboard implements liquid nitrogen cooled superconductors and permanent magnets to help achieve the levitation effect.
    • That hoverboard made me really, really want to be living in the year 2015.
    • The Stealth Hoverboard from Go-Ped is exactly what I want: the "most evolutionary development in personal transportation since the foot."
    • It would be easy to climb up on my hoverboard, but the guards would have me on the ground before I was three feet in the air.
    • While the Hendo Hoverboard doesn't get as much air as the Marty McFly version, at least it's the real deal.
    • Skateboarding is going airborne this fall with the launch of the first real commercially marketed hoverboard which uses magnetics to float about an inch off the ground.
    • It's not the Hoverboard from Back to the Future, but close.
    • The awesome hoverboard is back and at certain spots, players are forced to use it to travel from one point to another.

Origin

1980s: from hover + -board (as in skateboard), popularized by the 1989 film Back to the Future Part II.

Definition of hoverboard in US English:

hoverboard

nounˈhəvərˌbôrdˈhəvərˌbɔrd
  • 1(chiefly in science fiction) a means of transport resembling a skateboard that travels above the surface of the ground, ridden in a standing position.

    an entire generation of kids grew up wishing they could one day ride a hoverboard
    Example sentencesExamples
    • That hoverboard made me really, really want to be living in the year 2015.
    • The Stealth Hoverboard from Go-Ped is exactly what I want: the "most evolutionary development in personal transportation since the foot."
    • According to Lexus, the Hoverboard implements liquid nitrogen cooled superconductors and permanent magnets to help achieve the levitation effect.
    • The awesome hoverboard is back and at certain spots, players are forced to use it to travel from one point to another.
    • It's not the Hoverboard from Back to the Future, but close.
    • Imagine how much easier it would have been for Riddick to totally outrun the sun if he would have had a hoverboard or jetpack.
    • Skateboarding is going airborne this fall with the launch of the first real commercially marketed hoverboard which uses magnetics to float about an inch off the ground.
    • While the Hendo Hoverboard doesn't get as much air as the Marty McFly version, at least it's the real deal.
    • It would be easy to climb up on my hoverboard, but the guards would have me on the ground before I was three feet in the air.
    • So, you won't be taking your hoverboard out for a ride very soon, but the fact that Lifters can lift anything at all is a breakthrough for these weird science researchers.
  • 2trademark A motorized personal vehicle consisting of a platform for the feet mounted on two wheels and controlled by the way the rider distributes their weight.

  • 3A motorized personal vehicle consisting of a single central wheel with platforms for the feet on either side and controlled by the way the rider distributes their weight.

Origin

1980s: from hover + -board (as in skateboard), popularized by the 1989 film Back to the Future Part II.

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