flivver

He has been driving that same beat up flivver for at least 20 years.

至少有二十年了,他一直驾驶着那辆破旧的小汽车。

At last the flivver reached home.And here at last she recognized where she was.

最后车还是到家了,而她也终于意识到了自己在哪儿。

The Ford Model T (colloquially known as the Tin Lizzie and Flivver) is an automobile that was produced by Henry Ford's Ford Motor Company from 1908 through 1927.

福特T型车 ( 俗称罐式小汽车 )是1908年至1927年期间由亨利福特的福特汽车公司生产的。

They are like streetcars running contentedly on their rails and they despise the sprightly flivver that dashes in and out of the traffic and speeds so jauntily across the open country.

这些人犹如街上的有轨电车,满足于在自己的轨道上运行; 而对于那些不时出没于车水马龙间和欢快地奔驰在旷野上的廉价小汽车却不屑一顾。

They had no doubt watched Petra on television.Now, as the flivver took Petra and her father along the narrow streets, he began apologizing."It won't seem much to you, Pet, after seeing the world.

他们肯定在电视上看过佩查,现在,正当小汽车载着佩查和她的父亲在狭窄的小道上前行时,他开始道歉了:“佩特,在看到世界之后,它们看起来的确没什么。”

flivver

n. 廉价小汽车 vt 失败