penny farthing

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A type of bicycle popular in the 19th century, with the front wheel far larger than the rear one.

词形变化

penny farthings plural

词源

A reference to the relative sizes of the two wheels resembling that of the old British coins of the same name. Retronym for ordinary bicycle, coined after the invention of the safety bicycle that has since become the standard type of bicycle.
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