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。

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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。

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3. The traffic on the approach road slowed to a crawl.

引路上车辆行驶缓慢。

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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。

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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。

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