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double-nickel

/duhb-uhl-nik-uhl/US // ˈdʌb əlˈnɪk əl //

双镍合金,双镍,双层镍合金,双镍制

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Slang.

    • : the national speed limit of 55 miles per hour as established in 1974 on U.S. highways.

Examples

  • I was already over forty, had hardly a nickel in my pocket and this was the biggest break in my life.

  • And Ollie says, ‘Oh, I see, well, let me have two double vodka martinis.’

  • A few weeks after returning from England, I was trolling the dairy section and came across the Cotswold Double Gloucester.

  • He went on to say that even such double horrors had never kept cops from continuing on.

  • Faced with the loss of middle class voters, the administration seems determined to double down on its current coalition.

  • Under the one-sixth they appear as slender, highly refractive fibers with double contour and, often, curled or split ends.

  • In treble, second and fourth, the first change is a dodge behind; and the second time the treble leads, there's a double Bob.

  • All things are double, one against another, and he hath made nothing defective.

  • The way was under a double row of tall trees, which met at the top and formed a green arch over our heads.

  • The wretched young man persistently exercises his right of crying "Banco," and so practically going double or quits each time.