people pod

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A mobile cabin that attaches to an aircraft or helicopter.
    — With a people pod snugged underneath, it can even transport troops.
  2. A bus-like compartment carried by a lift truck, proposed in the late 1950s for transporting people and luggage from the airport terminal to an aircraft.
    — Its concept is as follows: "Passengers are to be transported from the terminal together with baggage in a detachable bus-like compartment called a people pod on a lift truck.
  3. A driverless electric car for transporting a single person.
    — Each battery-powered people pod looks a bit like George Jetson's egg-shaped sky-car except for the two well-grounded wheels below.
  4. Any of various cars for carrying a small number of people as part of a public transportation system.
    — If you believe your Sunday papers. the answer is supposed to be "people pods in pneumatic tubes."
  5. A small chamber for a single person.
    — For what amounts to a transmission tunnel with two people pods, the Viper's cabin is actually quite roomy.

词形变化

people pods plural people-pod alternative
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