Definition of penny-farthing in English:

penny-farthing

noun

historical

An early type of bicycle, made in Britain, with a very large front wheel and a small rear wheel.
〈史〉（英国造的）前轮大后轮小的早期自行车
Example sentencesExamples
- In the 1860s a front-wheel-drive machine was manufactured - the bone-shaker - and in subsequent decades the front wheel became larger until the penny-farthing had developed.
- The programme of sports included a popular penny-farthing race, which was won by a man from Bawtry for the third year in succession.
- British cyclists likened the disparity in size of the two wheels to their coinage, nicknaming it the penny-farthing.
- The present-day style of bicycle was rapidly replacing their penny-farthing bicycle during the 1890s.
- He takes us from the French pushbike or draisine of 1816 through boneshakers and penny-farthings to the English velocipedes and the Humbers of the 1880s.

Definition of penny-farthing in US English:

penny-farthing

nounˈpenē ˈfärT͟HiNGˈpɛni ˈfɑrðɪŋ

historical

An early type of bicycle with a very large front wheel and a small rear wheel.
〈史〉（英国造的）前轮大后轮小的早期自行车
Also called ordinary
Example sentencesExamples
- The present-day style of bicycle was rapidly replacing their penny-farthing bicycle during the 1890s.
- The programme of sports included a popular penny-farthing race, which was won by a man from Bawtry for the third year in succession.
- He takes us from the French pushbike or draisine of 1816 through boneshakers and penny-farthings to the English velocipedes and the Humbers of the 1880s.
- British cyclists likened the disparity in size of the two wheels to their coinage, nicknaming it the penny-farthing.
- In the 1860s a front-wheel-drive machine was manufactured - the bone-shaker - and in subsequent decades the front wheel became larger until the penny-farthing had developed.

词汇	penny-farthing
释义	Definition of penny-farthing in English: penny-farthing noun historical An early type of bicycle, made in Britain, with a very large front wheel and a small rear wheel. 〈史〉（英国造的）前轮大后轮小的早期自行车 Example sentencesExamples In the 1860s a front-wheel-drive machine was manufactured - the bone-shaker - and in subsequent decades the front wheel became larger until the penny-farthing had developed. The programme of sports included a popular penny-farthing race, which was won by a man from Bawtry for the third year in succession. British cyclists likened the disparity in size of the two wheels to their coinage, nicknaming it the penny-farthing. The present-day style of bicycle was rapidly replacing their penny-farthing bicycle during the 1890s. He takes us from the French pushbike or draisine of 1816 through boneshakers and penny-farthings to the English velocipedes and the Humbers of the 1880s. Definition of penny-farthing in US English: penny-farthing nounˈpenē ˈfärT͟HiNGˈpɛni ˈfɑrðɪŋ historical An early type of bicycle with a very large front wheel and a small rear wheel. 〈史〉（英国造的）前轮大后轮小的早期自行车 Also called ordinary Example sentencesExamples The present-day style of bicycle was rapidly replacing their penny-farthing bicycle during the 1890s. The programme of sports included a popular penny-farthing race, which was won by a man from Bawtry for the third year in succession. He takes us from the French pushbike or draisine of 1816 through boneshakers and penny-farthings to the English velocipedes and the Humbers of the 1880s. British cyclists likened the disparity in size of the two wheels to their coinage, nicknaming it the penny-farthing. In the 1860s a front-wheel-drive machine was manufactured - the bone-shaker - and in subsequent decades the front wheel became larger until the penny-farthing had developed.
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