Chelsea tractor

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An SUV or 4x4 vehicle which is chiefly driven on urban or suburban roads for light duties, such as taking children to school. UK,colloquial,derogatory
    — This far up the hill was a maze of narrow streets choked with BMWs and Chelsea Tractors.

词形变化

Chelsea tractors plural

词源

From Chelsea, a wealthy area of London in which this type of vehicle is popular, and tractor, an ironic allusion to a large, off-road vehicle, as a humorous juxtaposition between the vehicle's size and power and its use on low-speed roads in a city environment. Potentially also an allusion to their reputation for causing unnecessary traffic congestion, due to their unsuitability for small roads, in a similar fashion to tailbacks caused by tractors on rural roads.
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