double-nickel

短语

词形变化

double-nickels 复数 double-nickels double-nickeled double-nickeling double-nickels 三单 double-nickeling 现在分词 double-nickelling 现在分词 double-nickeled 过去式 double-nickeled 过去分词 double-nickelled 过去式 double-nickelled 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The national speed limit of 55 miles per hour introduced in the USA in 1974.

    美国 俚语
  2. 2.

    The number 55 (by extension).

    美国 俚语
v.
  1. 1.

    To travel at 55 miles per hour.

词源

From trucker slang in the 1970s referring to the national 55 mph speed limit, based on nickel (“five-cent coin”).

来源：wiktionary