Cadillac converter
/ˈkædɪlæk kənˈvɜːtə//ˈkædəˌlæk kənˈvɝtɚ/
词源说明
From the similarity between catalytic and Cadillac (“brand of luxury automobile”), probably originally a mondegreen (“error arising from the mishearing of a phrase”) and used humorously to allude to the high cost of catalytic converters.
释义
名词noun
- 1chiefly Southern US, malapropism, nonstandard, often humorousSynonym of catalytic converter (“chamber containing a finely divided platinum catalyst in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust