penny farthing

短语

前轮大后轮小的自行车

发音

AU

词形变化

penny farthings 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A type of bicycle popular in the 19th century, with the front wheel far larger than the rear one.

    前轮大后轮小的自行车

词源

A reference to the relative sizes of the two wheels resembling that of the old British coins of the same name. Retronym for ordinary bicycle, coined after the invention of the safety bicycle that has since become the standard type of bicycle.

来源：wiktionary