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Edsel是什么意思

Edsel

  • n. 艾德赛尔(人名,表示富裕;也指福特公司出品的一款汽车名)

英文词源


Edsel
notoriously unsuccessful make of car, introduced 1956 and named for Henry and Clara Ford's only child; figurative sense of "something useless and unwanted" is almost as old. Edsel is a family name, attested since 14c. (William de Egeshawe), from High Edser in Ewhurst, Surrey.

双语例句


1. The company was still reeling from the Edsel fiasco a couple of years back.
鉴于几年前,在埃德·塞尔事件中惨败,公司仍处在余震之中.

来自辞典例句

2. In November 1893 , Clara gave birth to their first and only child, Edsel.
1893年11月, 克拉拉生了他们唯一的孩子艾德赛.

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