Voorlooper

Übersetzung von "voorlooper" ins Russisch

Substantiv

/ˈvɔː.luː.pə/

/ˈvɔrˌluː.pɚ/

voorlooper

voorloopers Pl.

The horse was a voorlooper in the race.

Лошадь была предшественником в гонке.

The voorlooper guided the travelers through the desert.

Проводник вел путешественников через пустыню.

Substantiv

/ˈvɔː.luː.pə/

/ˈvɔrˌluː.pɚ/

historical, South African. A hired person, often a young boy, who walks in front of the lead span of oxen pulling a wagon and guides them.

The voorlooper shouted commands as he guided the foremost oxen across the river.

literary. A forerunner; someone or something that goes ahead to prepare the way for others.

Some historians regard the small steam engine as the voorlooper of modern industrial machinery.