scooter

• n. 小輪摩托車；速可達；單腳滑行車；小孩滑板車

來自 scoot,疾行，快走，猛衝，-er,表物。原指快速行走的人，後指一種小型摩托車。

scooter (n.)

1825, "one who goes quickly," agent noun from scoot (v.). Also in 19c. a type of plow and a syringe. As a child's toy, from 1919 (but the reference indicates earlier use), as short for motor scooter from 1917.

1. Hold tight when you ride at the back of your brother's scooter.

你坐在你哥哥的摩托車後麵時,要抓牢.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. Would you like to ride my new scooter?

你想不想騎我的新滑板車？

來自辭典例句

3. The scooter dates back to Germany in 1894.

速克達的曆史要追溯到1894年的德國.

來自常春藤生活英語雜誌-2006年4月號

4. This motor - scooter is my latest acquisition.

這輛摩托車是我最新購置的.

來自辭典例句

5. This scooter didn't have a foot pedal to accelerate like the military motorcycles back then.

這台速克達並不像當時的軍用摩托車是用腳踏板來加速.

來自常春藤生活英語雜誌-2006年4月號