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dodgem

noun
🔊/ˈdɒdʒəm/
🔊/ˈdɑːdʒəm/
(British English)
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  1. 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。🔊🔊
  2. (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
    3. Word Origin1920s: US proprietary name (as Dodg'em), from the phrase dodge them.