spindizzy
名词 n.
英文释义
名词 n.
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An engine-powered miniature racing car running on a circular track, tethered by cables to a central pole, popular in the 1940s.
— Spindizzies, or tether cars, come in three categories of descending value: original as raced, restored and reproduced. […] The best indicator of a spindizzy’s authenticity is its size, said Eric Zausner of Berkeley, Calif., who has an extensive collection. “Repros are always smaller because they come from second-generation molds.”
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An engine-powered miniature racing car running on a circular track, tethered by cables to a central pole, popular in the 1940s.; A collector or enthusiast of such miniature cars.
— Spindizzies, model auto racing fans to you, are going to have a field day at Safford Junio[r] High School grounds, facing South Fourth avenue, this afternoon.
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An anti-gravity propulsion system capable of faster-than-light travel, powered by the hypothetical Blackett effect.
— So the twin scientific themes of the first book are the development of antigravity technology called spindizzies that enable whole cities to lift into space, and the production of "anti-agathic" drugs that can extend life indefinitely, necessary for the immense journey times in interstellar space.
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词源
From spin + dizzy. The science fiction sense was coined by American author James Blish in 1950 for the Cities in Flight series of books (published 1950–1962).
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