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- a vehicle on runners for conveying loads or passengers over snow or ice, either pushed, pulled, drawn by horses or dogs, or allowed to slide downhill(装运货物或旅客的)雪橇。
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- Brit. a toboggan〈英〉平底雪橇。
no obj., with adverbial of direction
1- ride on a sledge乘坐雪橇:
they sledged down the slopes in the frozen snow
在冰天雪地中, 他们乘雪橇滑下斜坡
as noun sledging I love sledging.我喜欢乘雪橇。
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- with obj. and adverbial of direction carry (passengers or a load) on a sledge用雪橇运送(乘客, 货物):
the task of sledging 10-metre lifeboats across tundra.
用雪橇运送十米长的救生艇穿过冻原的任务。
词源
late 16th cent. (as a noun): from Middle Dutch sleedse; related to SLED. The verb dates from the early 18th cent.
- a sledgehammer大锤。
with obj.[usu. as noun sledging]
- Cricket (of a fielder) make offensive remarks to (an opposing batsman) in order to break their concentration【板球】(为分散对方注意力, 外野手对对方击球手的)讽刺挖苦(或辱骂)。
词源
Old English slecg (noun), from a Germanic base meaning 'to strike', related to SLAY1. The current sense of the verb dates from the late 20th cent.