Hot Wheels

短语

发音

US

词形变化

Hot Wheel only 复数 attributive Hot Wheel 复数

别名

HW

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A scale model car created by Hot Wheels.

    非正式 仅复数
  2. 1.

    plural of Hot Wheel

    贬义 俚语
name
  1. 1.

    Nickname for a person who uses a wheelchair.

    贬义 俚语
  2. 2.

    Nickname for Greg Abbott, governor of Texas

    美国 贬义 俚语 政治

词源

From Hot Wheels, an American brand of scale model cars invented and coined by Elliot Handler and introduced by his company Mattel on 18 May 1968; likely from hot rod (“a passenger vehicle modified to run and/or accelerate faster”) + wheels (“an automobile or other vehicle”), as the company was made to produce fantasy hot rods, but also proposed to be from hot (“very good, remarkable, exciting; nice”) + wheels due to the uniqueness of the cars. The proper noun sense, specifically about the American politician Greg Abbott, is from his use of a wheelchair since a paralyzing accident in 1984.

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