snow sledge

snow sledge
雪上自动车, 自动雪橇

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  • Sledge — (sl[e^]j), n. [Perhaps from sleds, pl. of sled, confused with sledge a hammer. See {Sled}, n.] 1. A strong vehicle with low runners or low wheels; or one without wheels or runners, made of plank slightly turned up at one end, used for… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sledge — ► NOUN 1) a vehicle on runners for travelling over snow or ice, either pushed, pulled, or allowed to slide downhill. 2) Brit. a toboggan. ► VERB ▪ ride or carry on a sledge. DERIVATIVES sledging noun. ORIGIN Dutch sleedse …   English terms dictionary

  • sledge — sledge1 [slej] n., vt., vi. sledged, sledging [ME slegge < OE slecge < base of slean, to strike, SLAY] SLEDGEHAMMER sledge2 [slej] n. [MDu sleedse, akin to sledde, SLED] a sled or sleigh for carrying loads over ice, snow, etc …   English World dictionary

  • sledge — sledge1 /slej/, n., v., sledged, sledging. n. 1. a vehicle of various forms, mounted on runners and often drawn by draft animals, used for traveling or for conveying loads over snow, ice, rough ground, etc. 2. a sled. 3. Brit. a sleigh. v.t., v.i …   Universalium

  • sledge — [[t]sle̱ʤ[/t]] sledges, sledging, sledged 1) N COUNT: also by N A sledge is an object used for travelling over snow. It consists of a framework which slides on two strips of wood or metal. [BRIT] She travelled 14,000 miles by sledge across… …   English dictionary

  • sledge — Sled Sled (sl[e^]d), n. [Akin to D. slede, G. schlitten, OHG. slito, Icel. sle[eth]i, Sw. sl[ a]de, Dan. sl[ae]de, and E. slide, v. See {Slide}, and cf. {Sledge} a vehicle, {Sleigh}.] 1. A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sledge — I UK [sledʒ] / US noun [countable] Word forms sledge : singular sledge plural sledges British a vehicle that you sit on to travel over snow. It has long pieces of wood fitted to the bottom, instead of wheels. II UK [sledʒ] / US verb… …   English dictionary

  • sledge — I. /slɛdʒ / (say slej) noun 1. any of various vehicles mounted on runners for travelling or conveying loads over snow, ice, rough ground, etc. 2. a vehicle mounted on runners, and of various forms, used for travelling over snow and ice, as in… …  

  • sledge — 1. noun /slɛʤ/ a) (or sledgehammer) a heavy, long handled maul or hammer used to drive stakes, wedges, etc. [based on information from Major Hill, Master of the Silver Mills, in 1662, descibing silver mining in Cardiganshire] They dig the Oar… …   Wiktionary

  • sledge — English has two words sledge. The sledge [OE] of sledgehammer [15] was once a word in its own right, meaning ‘heavy hammer’. It goes back to the prehistoric Germanic base *slakh ‘hit’, source also of English slaughter, slay, etc. Sledge ‘snow… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • sledge — English has two words sledge. The sledge [OE] of sledgehammer [15] was once a word in its own right, meaning ‘heavy hammer’. It goes back to the prehistoric Germanic base *slakh ‘hit’, source also of English slaughter, slay, etc. Sledge ‘snow… …   Word origins

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