Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - bicycle
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Bicycle
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I. noun Etymology: French, from bi- + -cycle (as in tricycle) Date: 1863 a vehicle with two wheels tandem, handlebars for steering, a saddle seat, and pedals by which it is propelled; also a stationary exercise machine that resembles such a vehicle II. intransitive verb (~d; bicycling) Date: 1869 to ride a ~ • ~r noun • bicyclist noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. a vehicle of two wheels held in a frame one behind the other, propelled by pedals and steered with handlebars attached to the front wheel. --v.intr. ride a bicycle. Phrases and idioms bicycle-chain a chain transmitting power from the bicycle pedals to the wheels. bicycle-clip either of two metal clips used to confine a cyclist's trousers at the ankle. bicycle-pump a portable pump for inflating bicycle tyres. Derivatives bicycler n. bicyclist n. Etymology: F f. BI- + Gk kuklos wheel ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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~1 n a two-wheeled vehicle that you ride by pushing its pedals (pedal2 (1)) with your feet; bike (She goes to work on her bicycle. | Can James ride a bicycle yet?) ~2 v formal to go somewhere by bicycle - bicyclist n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1868, coined from bi- "two" + Gk. kuklos "circle, wheel," on the pattern of tricycle; both the word and the vehicle superseding earlier velocipede. Probably not from Fr., though often said to be. The confusion apparently is because Pierre Lallement, employee of a Fr. carriage works, improved Macmillan's 1839 pedal velocipede in 1865 and took the invention to America. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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