"long-tailed crested desert cuckoo," 1847, American English, from road (n.) + runner. Earliest references give the Mexican Spanish name for it as correcamino and the English name might be a translation of that. The Warner Bros. cartoon character dates to 1948.
雙語例句
1. The road to peace will be long and drawn-out.
通往和平的道路將很漫長。
來自柯林斯例句
2. French soldiers squared off with a gunman at a road checkpoint.
在一個公路檢查站法國士兵擺開架勢，準(zhǔn)備迎戰(zhàn)一名持槍者。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The traffic on the approach road slowed to a crawl.
引路上車輛行駛緩慢。
來自柯林斯例句
4. The road divides; you should take the right fork.
路在這里分了岔；你應(yīng)該走右邊一條。
來自柯林斯例句
5. The wide road was blocked solid with traffic that moved along sluggishly.