tandem
suomi-englanti sanakirjatandem englannista suomeksi
tandemina
tandempyörä, tandempolkupyörä, tandem
Substantiivi
tandem englanniksi
bicycle-built-for-two, tandem bicycle
A carriage pulled by two or more animal|draught animals (generally horse|draught horses) harnessed one behind the other, both providing the pulling power but only the animal in front able to steer. (defdate)
1850-50, (w), ''Pendennis'', ch 3:
- Mr. Foker was no more like a gentleman now than in his school days: and yet Pen felt a secret pride in strutting down High Street with a young fellow who owned tandems, talked to officers, and ordered turtle and champagne for dinner.
A bicycle or tricycle in which two people sit one behind the other, both able to pedal but only the person in front able to steer. (defdate)
A group of two or more people, machines etc. working together; close collaboration.
A method of language learning based on mutual exchange, where ideally each learner is a speaker in the language the other person wants to learn.
(quote-book)
a hollow metal tube containing radioactive material, inserted through the vagina into the uterus for treatment of gynecological cancer.
One behind the other.
(ux)
(l)
tandem (gloss)
A phase in the mating ritual of dragonflies.
(l) (gloss)
(l), (l), (l)
(syn)
(Q)
used also as an adverbial intensifier of interrogatives to a somewhat greater degree than -nam