penny-farthing

单词penny-farthing

基本解释

n.: 早期的自行车（前轮大，后轮小）
网络: 大小轮古董绅士车；很滑稽的古董单车；大小轮自行车

权威解释

• 早期的自行车（前轮大，后轮小）:

  an early type of bicycle with a very large front wheel and a very small back wheel

词性分析

• 复数：penny-farthings

例句

• However, the penny farthing"s popularity lasted only about 20 years, until the advent of the safety bicycle.

  不过，随着安全自行车的出现，这种车子只流行了大约20年。

• The ancestor of the modern bicycle was called a penny-farthing.

  现代自行车的原型称作penny-farthing（一种前轮大后轮小的自行车）。