单词 | automobilism |
释义 | automobilism|ɔːtəʊˈməʊbɪlɪz(ə)m| [f. automobile n. + -ism after F. automobilisme.] The use of automobiles or motor vehicles.
1896Harper's Weekly 31 Oct. 1075 We lack France's superb roads; and American automobilism is likely to be hampered in various rural sections of the country. 1898Cosmopolitan Sept. 483/2 As a sport, automobilism now occupies the foremost rank. 1899Motor-Car World Oct. 8/1 Automobilism will be the method of locomotion of the future. 1953Archit. Rev. CXIV. 246 The shopping pedestrian, the morning coffee-taker, the cash-and-handshake dealer, certainly need protection from automobilism. So automobilist |ɔːtəʊˈməʊbɪlɪst|, one who uses an automobile or motor vehicle, a motorist.
1897Daily News 26 July 5/5 The hour's rest at St. Germain was improved by the automobilists to see that their machines were in order. 1902C. N. & A. M. Williamson Lightning Conductor 114 The old peasant..exclaimed that if all automobilists were like us there would never be complaints. 1907‘F. Miltoun’ (title) The Automobilist Abroad. |

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