jalopy

• n. 破旧车；破旧的飞机

可能来自墨西哥城市Jalapa,因美国的许多二手车都被出口到这里而得名。

1. a car that is old and unreliable;

"the fenders had fallen off that old bus"

jalopy (n.)

"battered old automobile," 1924 (early variants include jaloupy, jaloppi, gillopy), of unknown origin; perhaps from Jalapa, Mexico, where many U.S. used cars supposedly were sent (see jalapeno).

I have a special passion for that jalopy.

我对那部老爷车有特殊的感情.

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My jalopy may be old and ugly but it gets me where I want to go!

我的老爷车可能又老又丑,可是它可以带我去我想去的地方.

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The old jalopy clanked up the hill.

这辆破旧的汽车哐啷哐啷地爬上了山坡.

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You actually paid money for that jalopy?

你竟然花钱买了那辆老爷车?

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I'll use this jalopy.

我用这辆破旧车.

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" Ah, it was an old jalopy. "

“ 啊, 那是一辆旧车. ”

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