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A roadworthy vehicle is in good condition and safe enough to drive on public roads — lights, brakes, tyres, and the rest working as they should. It is a little official; you meet it in tests, police talk, and ads for used cars. An old car can be roadworthy; a new one with a serious fault is not. Though actually, the word judges fitness for the road, not comfort, beauty, or age. British English uses it a lot around the MOT test. The noun for that quality is .
適合上路的
組成From road + -worthy.
同家族的字
- roadworthinessthe noun for this quality
- worthythe second piece, good enough for
- seaworthysame -worthy pattern, for ships
- airworthysame -worthy pattern, for planes
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
roadworthyadj
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automotiveroadtransportBeing able to be driven, or suitable for driving, on the open road.
- It was one of the rapidest Constitutions ever put together; made, some say in eight days, by Hérault Séchelles and others; probably a workmanlike, roadworthy Constitution enough; — on which point, however, we are, for some reasons, little called to form a judgment.
- The coupe shrieked as it hit the curve, but Harry managed the twist with precision and the roadworthy car responded.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。