Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - pillion
Связанные словари
Pillion
pillion
(pillions) 1. If someone rides pillion on a motorcycle or bicycle, they sit behind the person who is controlling it. She rode pillion on her son’s motor bike. ADV: ADV after v 2. On a motorcycle, the pillion is the seat or part behind the rider. As a learner rider you must not carry a pillion passenger. N-COUNT: oft N n
Рейтинг статьи:
См. в других словарях
1.
I. noun Etymology: Scottish Gaelic or Irish; Scottish Gaelic pillean, diminutive of peall covering, couch; Irish pillin, diminutive of peall covering, couch Date: 1503 1. a. a light saddle for women consisting chiefly of a cushion b. a pad or cushion put on behind a man's saddle chiefly for a woman to ride on 2. chiefly British a motorcycle or bicycle saddle for a passenger II. adverb Date: 1926 chiefly British on or as if on a ~ ride ~ ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
n. 1 seating for a passenger behind a motor cyclist. 2 hist. a a woman's light saddle. b a cushion attached to the back of a saddle for a usu. female passenger. Phrases and idioms ride pillion travel seated behind a motor cyclist etc. Etymology: Gael. pillean, pillin dimin. of pell cushion f. L pellis skin ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. заднее сиденье мотоцикла, мопеда, велосипеда to ride pillion —- ехать на заднем сиденье мотоцикла или велосипеда 2. дамское седло 3. седельная подушка 4. мед. ножной протез ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
Англо-русский словарь
5.
~ n 1 a seat for a second person behind the driver of a motorcycle or a rider on a horse 2 ride pillion to sit behind someone who is driving a motorcycle or riding a horse ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Вопрос-ответ:
Похожие слова
Ссылка для сайта или блога:
Ссылка для форума (bb-код):
Самые популярные термины
1 | 1156 | |
2 | 812 | |
3 | 774 | |
4 | 772 | |
5 | 730 | |
6 | 700 | |
7 | 696 | |
8 | 691 | |
9 | 664 | |
10 | 656 | |
11 | 653 | |
12 | 635 | |
13 | 631 | |
14 | 619 | |
15 | 612 | |
16 | 605 | |
17 | 605 | |
18 | 599 | |
19 | 598 | |
20 | 597 |