road-runner
英文词源
- road-runner (n.)
- "long-tailed crested desert cuckoo," 1847, American English, from road (n.) + runner. Earliest references give the Mexican Spanish name for it as correcamino and the English name might be a translation of that. The Warner Bros. cartoon character dates to 1948.
双语例句
- 1. The road to peace will be long and drawn-out.
- 通往和平的道路将很漫长。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. French soldiers squared off with a gunman at a road checkpoint.
- 在一个公路检查站法国士兵摆开架势，准备迎战一名持枪者。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The traffic on the approach road slowed to a crawl.
- 引路上车辆行驶缓慢。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. The road divides; you should take the right fork.
- 路在这里分了岔；你应该走右边一条。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. The wide road was blocked solid with traffic that moved along sluggishly.
- 宽阔的马路被缓慢前行的车辆堵得严严实实。
来自柯林斯例句