speedometer
英 [spi?'d?m?t?]
美 ['spi'dɑm?t?]
中文詞源
speedometer 速度計(jì)speed-,速度，-meter,儀器。 speed-read 快速閱讀
英文詞源
- speedometer (n.)
- 1904, from speed + -meter. A Germanic-Greek hybrid and thus much execrated.
[T]he ancient Greeks & Romans knew what speed was, & yet no-one supposes they called it speed, whence it follows that speedo- & speedometer are barbarisms. [Fowler]
The correct classical formation is tachometer.
雙語例句
- 1. The speedometer showed that we were doing 50 miles per hour.
- 計(jì)速表顯示我們的時(shí)速是50英里.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. The speedometer was rocking between 60 and 65.
- 速度表在60至65之間擺動(dòng)著.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The instrument that measures the speed is a speedometer.
- 用來測定速度的儀器是速度計(jì).
來自辭典例句
- 4. You can define the excessive speed of your motor - car by a speedometer.
- 你可以用速測表來確定摩托車已經(jīng)超速.
來自辭典例句
- 5. The speedometer was touching 120 mph.
- 速度計(jì)顯示時(shí)速達(dá)120英里.
來自辭典例句