velocipede

英式音标：velocipede怎么读

美式音标：velocipede怎么读

近义词： wheel

velocipede词义

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n. 孩童用三轮车；脚蹬两轮车；手压车的一种

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1. Today's bicycles are descendants of the earlier velocipede.: 今天的自行车是从早期的脚踏车发展而来的.

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velocipede (n.): 1819, "wheeled vehicle propelled by alternate thrusts of each foot on the ground," 1819, from French vélocipède (19c.), from Latin velox (genitive velocis) "swift, speedy" (see velocity) + pedem, accusative of pes "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)). The mechanical ancestor of the bicycle, it was tinkered with and improved; the name continued for some time and was applied to an early kind of modern bicycle or tricycle from 1849. See bicycle (n.).
The Velocipede has been introduced into England, under letters patent, by Mr. Johnson, a coachmaker in Long-Acre, by whom it has been greatly improved, both in lightness and strength. "The road from Ipswich to Whitton," says the Bury paper, "is travelled every evening by several pedestrian hobby-horses; no less than six are seen at a time, and the distance, which is 3 miles, is performed in 15 minutes." ["The Athenaeum," May 1, 1819]

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Today's bicycles are descendants of the earlier velocipede.: 今天的自行车是从早期的脚踏车发展而来的.