wheelspin

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The spinning of the wheels of a vehicle on the surface of the ground with greatly reduced friction and little movement of the vehicle, especially when starting. uncountable,usually
    — Near-synonym: wheelslip
动词 v.
  1. To drive with poor traction, so that the vehicle exhibits a wheelspin.
    — It was not unusual to see an ice cream van wheelspin away, dragging a runner into the service hatch as it went, especially on the police patches: […]
  2. To throw up (debris) from a wheelspin.
    — With only small encouragement from me, and using skills learned on a racing track, he gunned his Land-Rover forward, cut up the saloon and wheelspan a few stones its way as we turned down an unsurfaced track.

词形变化

wheelspins plural wheelspins present,singular,third-person wheelspinning participle,present wheelspun past wheelspan past wheelspinned past wheelspun participle,past wheelspinned participle,past

词汇关系

相关词
spin one's wheels spin someone's wheels

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂
Proto-Germanic *hweulō
Old English hwēol
Middle English whel
English wheel
English spin
English wheelspin
From wheel + spin.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂
Proto-Germanic *hweulō
Old English hwēol
Middle English whel
English wheel
English spin
English wheelspin
From wheel + spin.
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