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snowmobile

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Sport, Motor vehicles
snow·mo·bile /ˈsnəʊməbiːl $ ˈsnoʊmoʊ-/ noun [countable]  DSTTCa small vehicle with a motor that moves over snow or ice easily 雪地机动车,摩托雪橇
Examples from the Corpus
snowmobileAnyone can operate a snowmobile, but it takes some guidance to keep them under control.Ski equipment, clothes and snowmobiles are available for rent on-site, and ski lessons are offered.Tent camps are set up, always within sight of spectacular mountain scenery, and daily searches are made by snowmobiles.Nearly half of the reported incidents involved falls off the snowmobile or collisions with another snowmobile.
Origin snowmobile (1900-2000) snow + automobile
snow·mo·bile nounChineseSyllable
that Corpus motor over moves a with a vehicle snow small


snowmobile
snowmobile /ˈsnəʊməbiːl $ ˈsnoʊmoʊ-/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1900-2000
 Origin: snow + automobile
a small vehicle with a motor that moves over snow or ice easily


snow·mobileBrE /ˈsnəʊməbiːl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsnoʊmoʊbiːl/ 🔊 (also ski·mobile) noun
a vehicle that can move over snow and ice easily 机动雪橇;雪地机动车