dodgem

noun

/ˈdɒdʒəm/

/ˈdɑːdʒəm/

(British English)

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the dodgems
[plural] a ride at a funfair in which people drive small electric cars around a track, trying to hit the other cars开碰碰车
- The kids wanted to go on the dodgems.孩子们想去玩碰碰车。
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(also dodgem car)
(also bumper car North American English, British English)
one of the small electric cars that you drive in the dodgems碰碰车

Word Origin1920s: US proprietary name (as Dodg'em), from the phrase dodge them.