Ferris wheel
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- noun
- /ˈfɛrɪs wiːl/
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noria
- The large Ferris wheel at the amusement park offers breathtaking views of the city skyline.
- ride the Ferris wheel
- giant Ferris wheel
- top of the Ferris wheel
The story of the Ferris wheel is a fantastic story.
- The story of the Ferris wheel is a fantastic story.
- Big pumpkins making out on Ferris wheels with your with your teenage girlfriend.
- He has like wait, waited for the Ferris wheel.
- It looks like a Ferris wheel, a purported perpetual motion device in the air a little bit.
Examples
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Girls shrieked as the Ferris wheel spun them up into sunlight.
Fiction book (1996) -
Not many cities can present a giant Ferris wheel as their main tourist attraction.
Blog text (21) -
JOHN: Will you go on the Ferris wheel with us?
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- I want to ride the Ferris wheel.
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Last call for the Ferris wheel!
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Are you thinking of riding the Ferris wheel at all tonight?
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I haven't been on a Ferris wheel in a long time.
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When it was built, the London Eye was the tallest Ferris wheel in the world.
Blog text (21) -
The very first Ferris wheel was developed for and became a high point of Chicago's 1893 World Fair.
Academic text (1997) -
Meet me at the Prater Café near the Ferris wheel at midnight.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Ferris + wheel
Only 'wheel' carries clear lexical meaning (a rotating circular object); 'Ferris' is a proper name (the inventor) and does not contribute a predictable semantic component. A B1 learner who knows both words could infer it is some kind of wheel but would not reliably derive the full sense ‘large vertical amusement-park ride with passenger cars’; many languages use different terms for this ride, so the composition is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Ferris wheel is named after the inventor George Ferris, who built the first giant wheel for a big fair in Chicago in 1893. People began to call the new ride a Ferris wheel, so today Ferris wheel means the large turning wheel with seats you ride at fairs.