bicycle
Word family nounbicyclistbicycle
ldoce_023_jbi·cy·cle1 /ˈbaɪsɪkəl/ ●●● W3 noun [countableC] 5 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bicycle
They 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 bicycleYou 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? 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. bicycle2 verb [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] formalTTB to go somewhere by bicycle 骑自行车[单车]〔去某处〕 SYN bike, cycle —bicyclist noun [countableC]
Origin bicycle1 (1800-1900) French bi- + -cycle (as in tricycle)