"long-tailed crested desert cuckoo," 1847, American English, from road (n.) + runner. Earliest references give the Mexican Spanish name for it as correcamino and the English name might be a translation of that. The Warner Bros. cartoon character dates to 1948.
双语例句
1. The road to peace will be long and drawn-out.
通往和平的道路将很漫长。
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2. French soldiers squared off with a gunman at a road checkpoint.
在一个公路检查站法国士兵摆开架势，准备迎战一名持枪者。
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3. The traffic on the approach road slowed to a crawl.
引路上车辆行驶缓慢。
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4. The road divides; you should take the right fork.
路在这里分了岔；你应该走右边一条。
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5. The wide road was blocked solid with traffic that moved along sluggishly.
