bicycle

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ldoce_023_jbi·cy·cle1 /ˈbaɪsɪkəl/ ●●● W3 noun [countable]   TTBa vehicle with two wheels that you ride by pushing its pedals with your feet 自行车，脚踏车，单车 SYN bike Can James ride a bicycle yet? 詹姆斯会骑自行车了吗？ → exercise bike →5  See picture of saddle 车座, handlebar 把手, gear lever BrE【英】/gear shift AmE【美】变速杆 ... →4  See picture of 见图 bicycle5 REGISTER 语体In everyday English, people usually say bike rather than bicycle 在日常英语中，人们一般说bike，而不说bicycleThey go everywhere by bike .他们去哪里都骑自行车。n COLLOCATIONSverbsride a bicycleRiding a bicycle is very good exercise.get on/off a bicycleI got on my bicycle and cycled over to Rob’s house.push/wheel a bicycle (=walk beside it pushing it)She was wheeling her bicycle and talking to some friends.bicycle + NOUNa bicycle shop (also bicycle store American English)His dream was to own a bicycle shop.a bicycle rideThey went for a 50 km bicycle ride.a bicycle wheel/tyreMy front bicycle tyre is flat.a bicycle pump (=for putting more air in a tyre)Where’s the bicycle pump?a bicycle helmetIt’s safer to wear a bicycle helmet.a bicycle shed (=place for keeping bicycles in)He built a bicycle shed in the back yard.n GRAMMAR: Patterns with bicycle• You say get on your bicycle: She got on her bicycle and rode away. • You say get off your bicycle: I stopped and got off my bicycle. • You say that someone is on a bicycle: I saw her out on her bicycle.• You go somewhere by bicycle: Can you get to work by bicycle? ✗Don’t say: Can you get to work with bicycle?

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bicycle• Britain still has a bicycle industry; frames and complete bicycles are manufactured here, though most of the components are imported.• In learning a task, how to ride a bicycle, for example, one attends at first to every muscular movement.• And so does riding a bicycle, with many protruding branches to track and avoid.• All her bicycle needed was some regular use.• I have this new house and a new bicycle.• Then he came around the bend and saw the bicycle.• Chastened, you pick up the bicycle and shuffle indoors, convinced you have ruined everything for good.ride ... bicycle• It's as simple as riding a bicycle.• I could not even ride a bicycle, much less shoot baskets or play tennis.• A man riding a bicycle stopped to ask what was the idea of all the green uniforms.• Some people have cars and some ride bicycles and others walk.• I didn't even know how to ride a bicycle, though as it happened I was soon forced to learn.• In learning a task, how to ride a bicycle, for example, one attends at first to every muscular movement.• Next couple of weeks, he was riding a bicycle.• What fascinates me here is that the Government actually believes it can control who rides a bicycle and when.

Related topics: Bicycles, carts, horses

bicycle2 verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]  formalTTB to go somewhere by bicycle 骑自行车[单车]〔去某处〕 SYN bike, cycle —bicyclist noun [countable]→ See Verb tableOrigin bicycle1 (1800-1900) French bi- + -cycle (as in tricycle)

bi·cy·cle1 noun →n GRAMMAR1 →5 REGISTER1
→n COLLOCATIONS1bicycle2 verbLDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable  

with vehicle wheels ride a by pushing Corpus you that two

bicycle

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bi‧cy‧cle¹ W3 /ˈbaɪsɪkəl/ noun [countable]
a vehicle with two wheels that you ride by pushing its pedals with your feet
   SYN  bike:
    Can James ride a bicycle yet? ⇨ exercise bike
  REGISTER
    In everyday English, people usually say bike rather than bicycle:
   ▪ They go everywhere by bike.
     

COLLOCATIONS

■ verbs
   ▪ ride a bicycle Riding a bicycle is very good exercise.
   ▪ get on/off a bicycle I got on my bicycle and cycled over to Rob’s house.
   ▪ push/wheel a bicycle (=walk beside it pushing it) She was wheeling her bicycle and talking to some friends.
■ bicycle + NOUN
   ▪ a bicycle shop (also bicycle store American English) His dream was to own a bicycle shop.
   ▪ a bicycle ride They went for a 50 km bicycle ride.
   ▪ a bicycle wheel/tyre My front bicycle tyre is flat.
   ▪ a bicycle pump (=for putting more air in a tyre) Where’s the bicycle pump?
   ▪ a bicycle helmet It’s safer to wear a bicycle helmet.
   ▪ a bicycle shed (=place for keeping bicycles in) He built a bicycle shed in the back yard.

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bicycle² verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]
formal to go somewhere by bicycle
   SYN  bike, cycle
—bicyclist noun [countable]