标题: Pet Wheelchairs [打印本页] 作者: choi 时间: 10-21-2010 12:16 标题: Pet Wheelchairs 本文通过一路BBS站telnet客户端发布
Timothy Aeppel, A New Set of Wheels Can Improve a Dog's Life, Too;
Advances in Wheelchairs for Hobbled Pets Help Bring Home Bacon, a Pot-
Bellied Pig. Wall Street Journal, Oct. 21, 2010.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303550904575562124174425324.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_RIGHTTopCarousel_4
Note:
(a) lay up (vt): "to disable or confine with illness or injury <laid up
with a bad knee>"
Both definitions are from Webster (3rd ed, 1961).
(b) French bulldog
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_bulldog
(3) pike is short for
turnpike road (n; Old English turn- + pike (point)): TOLLROAD