Definition of flivver in English:

flivver

noun ˈflɪvəˈflɪvər

North American dated, informal

A cheap car or aircraft, especially one in bad condition.
〈北美，非正式，旧〉（尤指破旧的）廉价小汽车，廉价飞机
Example sentencesExamples
- The score is unusual in that it does indeed illustrate the images, sometimes, as in the ‘Sunday Traffic’ sequence, with its convoy of flivvers chugging out of the city.
- In 1915, the telegrapher would drive his flivver to work across the new Ironton - Russell bridge, eat breakfast at the old ‘Y’ for a nickel, and employ that very same Morse technology that had dispatched trains here since 1887.
- You look up at the familiar rumble of that inveterate high-wing flivver of general aviation, the little monocoupe Luscombe 8.
- You can't make flivvers without steel-and you can't make tragedies without social instability.
- Foy motored into isolated regions where only the camel roamed, single-handedly engaging highwaymen and time and again drawing on his remarkable resourcefulness to bring his trademark flivver back to life.

Origin

Early 20th century: of unknown origin.

Definition of flivver in US English:

flivver

nounˈflɪvərˈflivər

North American dated, informal

A cheap car or aircraft, especially one in bad condition.
〈北美，非正式，旧〉（尤指破旧的）廉价小汽车，廉价飞机
Example sentencesExamples
- You look up at the familiar rumble of that inveterate high-wing flivver of general aviation, the little monocoupe Luscombe 8.
- In 1915, the telegrapher would drive his flivver to work across the new Ironton - Russell bridge, eat breakfast at the old ‘Y’ for a nickel, and employ that very same Morse technology that had dispatched trains here since 1887.
- The score is unusual in that it does indeed illustrate the images, sometimes, as in the ‘Sunday Traffic’ sequence, with its convoy of flivvers chugging out of the city.
- Foy motored into isolated regions where only the camel roamed, single-handedly engaging highwaymen and time and again drawing on his remarkable resourcefulness to bring his trademark flivver back to life.
- You can't make flivvers without steel-and you can't make tragedies without social instability.

Origin

Early 20th century: of unknown origin.

词汇	flivver
释义	Definition of flivver in English: flivver noun ˈflɪvəˈflɪvər North American dated, informal A cheap car or aircraft, especially one in bad condition. 〈北美，非正式，旧〉（尤指破旧的）廉价小汽车，廉价飞机 Example sentencesExamples The score is unusual in that it does indeed illustrate the images, sometimes, as in the ‘Sunday Traffic’ sequence, with its convoy of flivvers chugging out of the city. In 1915, the telegrapher would drive his flivver to work across the new Ironton - Russell bridge, eat breakfast at the old ‘Y’ for a nickel, and employ that very same Morse technology that had dispatched trains here since 1887. You look up at the familiar rumble of that inveterate high-wing flivver of general aviation, the little monocoupe Luscombe 8. You can't make flivvers without steel-and you can't make tragedies without social instability. Foy motored into isolated regions where only the camel roamed, single-handedly engaging highwaymen and time and again drawing on his remarkable resourcefulness to bring his trademark flivver back to life. Origin Early 20th century: of unknown origin. Definition of flivver in US English: flivver nounˈflɪvərˈflivər North American dated, informal A cheap car or aircraft, especially one in bad condition. 〈北美，非正式，旧〉（尤指破旧的）廉价小汽车，廉价飞机 Example sentencesExamples You look up at the familiar rumble of that inveterate high-wing flivver of general aviation, the little monocoupe Luscombe 8. In 1915, the telegrapher would drive his flivver to work across the new Ironton - Russell bridge, eat breakfast at the old ‘Y’ for a nickel, and employ that very same Morse technology that had dispatched trains here since 1887. The score is unusual in that it does indeed illustrate the images, sometimes, as in the ‘Sunday Traffic’ sequence, with its convoy of flivvers chugging out of the city. Foy motored into isolated regions where only the camel roamed, single-handedly engaging highwaymen and time and again drawing on his remarkable resourcefulness to bring his trademark flivver back to life. You can't make flivvers without steel-and you can't make tragedies without social instability. Origin Early 20th century: of unknown origin.
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