jalopy

FREQ #35350

n. 破旧车, 破旧的飞机

发音

US /d͡ʒəˈlɒ.pi/

词形变化

jalopies 复数 jalopies

别名

gillopy jalloppy jaloppy

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An old, dilapidated or unpretentious automobile.

    破旧车

    美国 过时

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

bus heap

上位词 6

car machine auto automobile motorcar dysphemism

词源

Unknown. Perhaps from Jalapa, Mexico (now Xalapa), to whose scrapyards used cars were often sent from New Orleans starting in the 1920s. First recorded written use in 1924.

来源：wiktionary