"battered old automobile," 1924 (early variants include jaloupy, jaloppi, gillopy), of unknown origin; perhaps from Jalapa, Mexico, where many U.S. used cars supposedly were sent (see jalapeno).
双语例句
1. I have a special passion for that jalopy.
我对那部老爷车有特殊的感情.
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2. The old jalopy clanked up the hill.
这辆破旧的汽车哐啷哐啷地爬上了山坡.
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3. You actually paid money for that jalopy?
你竟然花钱买了那辆老爷车?
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4. I'll use this jalopy.
我用这辆破旧车.
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5. " Ah, it was an old jalopy. "
“ 啊, 那是一辆旧车. ”
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英英释意
1. a car that is old and unreliable;
"the fenders had fallen off that old bus"
实用场景例句
I have a special passion for that jalopy.
我对那部老爷车有特殊的感情.
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My jalopy may be old and ugly but it gets me where I want to go!