a vehicle on runners for conveying loads or passengers over snow or ice, either pushed, pulled, drawn by horses or dogs, or allowed to slide downhill (装运货物或旅客的)雪橇 ■(Brit.)a toboggan (英)平底雪橇
verb
[no obj., with adverbial of direction]ride on a sledge 乘坐雪橇 they sledged down the slopes in the frozen snow. 在冰天雪地中,他们乘雪橇滑下斜坡。 [as noun sledging]I love sledging. 我喜欢坐雪橇。 ■[with obj. and adverbial of direction]carry (passengers or a load) on a sledge 用雪橇运送(乘客,货物) the task of sledging 10-metre lifeboats across tundra. 用雪橇运送十米长的救生艇穿过苔原的任务。
派生 sledger noun 语源
late 16th cent. (as a noun): from Middle Dutch sleedse; related to sled. The verb dates from the early 18th cent
sledge2 noun
a sledgehammer 大锤
verb
[with obj.][usu. as noun sledging](Cricket)(of a fielder) make offensive remarks to (an opposing batsman) in order to break their concentration (板球)(为分散对方注意力,外野手对对方击球手的)讽刺挖苦
派生 sledger noun 语源
Old English slecg (noun), from a Germanic base meaning 'to strike', related to slay. The current sense of the verb dates from the late 20th cent