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Definition of velocipede in English: velocipedenoun vɪˈlɒsɪpiːdvəˈlɑsəˌpid historical 1An early form of bicycle propelled by working pedals on cranks fitted to the front axle. 〈史〉早期脚蹬车 Example sentencesExamples - By 1863, attaching cranks and pedals to the front wheel of the hobby horse had produced the velocipede, commonly known as the boneshaker.
- Fitzpatrick refers to reports of early ‘velocipedes’ being used for this purpose in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, when the bicycle industry was barely out of its infancy.
- He takes us from the French pushbike or draisine of 1816 through boneshakers and penny-farthings to the English velocipedes of the 1880s.
- The new route across Ryelands Park was unveiled as local dignitaries pedalled a selection of ageing velocipedes’ down it in memory of Lord Ashton's era.
- Throughout his life he worked on mechanical and engineering problems, constructing a turnip-cutter and a velocipede, as well as devising methods of reclaiming bogs.
- 1.1US A child's tricycle.
〈美〉儿童三轮脚踏车
Derivativesnoun Here in the Netherlands, cyclists are used to being the kings of the road, and nobody opens their car door without checking whether it will quite possibly cause one of us velocipedists to crash into it at high speed. Example sentencesExamples - Another big problem for would-be velocipedists was the state of the roads: they were so rutted that it was impossible to balance for long.
- In May and June of 1895, nineteenth century champion velocipedist Robert Jefferson successfully rode from London to Moscow and back in under 50 days.
- There were exaggerated complaints about irresponsible velocipedists, but there was also official support for the ‘feedless horse’.
- It being a delightful afternoon, the path was chock full of Sunday strollers, rollerbladers and fellow velocipedists.
OriginEarly 19th century: from French vélocipède, from Latin velox, veloc- 'swift' + pes, ped- 'foot'. bicycle from mid 19th century: The velocipede (literally ‘rapid foot’) was the early form of bicycle, which is formed from bi- ‘two’ and Greek kuklos ‘wheel’. The abbreviation bike was not long to follow, in the late 19th century. A tricycle as a name for a three-wheeled coach drawn by two horses, dates from the 1820s, with the abbreviation trike appearing in the 1880s. Unicycle, from uni- ‘one’, was first recorded in the US in the 1860s.
Definition of velocipede in US English: velocipedenounvəˈlɑsəˌpidvəˈläsəˌpēd historical 1An early form of bicycle propelled by working pedals on cranks fitted to the front axle. 〈史〉早期脚蹬车 Example sentencesExamples - He takes us from the French pushbike or draisine of 1816 through boneshakers and penny-farthings to the English velocipedes of the 1880s.
- Fitzpatrick refers to reports of early ‘velocipedes’ being used for this purpose in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, when the bicycle industry was barely out of its infancy.
- By 1863, attaching cranks and pedals to the front wheel of the hobby horse had produced the velocipede, commonly known as the boneshaker.
- Throughout his life he worked on mechanical and engineering problems, constructing a turnip-cutter and a velocipede, as well as devising methods of reclaiming bogs.
- The new route across Ryelands Park was unveiled as local dignitaries pedalled a selection of ageing velocipedes’ down it in memory of Lord Ashton's era.
- 1.1US A child's tricycle.
〈美〉儿童三轮脚踏车
OriginEarly 19th century: from French vélocipède, from Latin velox, veloc- ‘swift’ + pes, ped- ‘foot’. |