单词 | chariot |
释义 | chariotn. 1. A wheeled vehicle, coach, or conveyance. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] chariotc1380 team1641 democrat1873 c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 4201 To Charyotes þay drowen þe grete bales. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. ii. v. 67 Þey [sc. aungels] buþ iclepid chariotes, for in a chariot is moche þing icaried at ones. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1295 Wyth charged chariotes þe cheftayne he findez. 1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxli. 271 Other Iewelles as many as viii charyettes myȝt carye. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 426 x. or .xij. Chariots laden with victuall and Artillery. 1693 tr. J. Le Clerc Mem. Count Teckely iv. 59 The Regiment of Dragoons of Buquoi, which convey'd 200 Chariots of Provisions. 1849 Message President U.S. to Congr. ii. 460 [The ore] is sent down on a chariot which runs upon a tram-road to the platform. b. A stately vehicle for the conveyance of persons; a triumphal car, a car of state, or a carriage for private use. Now chiefly poetic, and applied figuratively to the car in which the sun, moon, night, etc., are represented as pursuing their course. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > sun > [noun] > chariot of chariotc1374 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > chariot wainc1175 carc1350 chairc1374 chariotc1374 curre1483 wagon1582 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. ii. iv. 39 Whan phebus þe sonne bygynneþ to spreden his clereness with rosene chariettes. 138. J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 330 If iche lord of ynglond and his wiif haden two schariotis to lede hem. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 341 Þe firste þat brouȝte chariot [L. quadrigam] in to Grees. 1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton B j Beyng wythin hys charyot of worshyp. 1538 in Chambers Dom. Ann. Scot. I. 19 Cheriot. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) i. i. 43 And when you saw his Chariot but appeare, Haue you not made an Vniuersall shout? View more context for this quotation 1752 D. Hume Ess. & Treat. (1777) I. 90 Nero had the same vanity in driving a chariot. 1827 R. Pollok Course of Time II. vi. 28 Chariot reined by awkward charioteer. 1883 ‘G. Lloyd’ Ebb & Flow II. 279 Like the sun's chariot at mid-day. c. A car or vehicle used in ancient warfare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > military vehicles > [noun] > war chariot charet1535 chariot1581 wagon1591 scythe-chariot1695 1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 163 A Chariot was a certeine Engine of warre, made with long and sharpe pikes of yron, set in the forefront. 1611 Bible (King James) Psalms xlvi. 9 He burneth the chariot in the fire. View more context for this quotation 1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads v. 62 Idomeneus slew Phæstus with a thrust, As up into his Charriot he went. 1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VI. 221 The operations of the chariots did not extend much farther on this side. 1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 384 Assyrian sculptures attest how greatly their pride lay in their chariots. d. spec. Applied in 18th cent. to a light four-wheeled carriage with only back seats, and differing from the post-chaise in having a coach-box. chariot-and-four: one drawn by four horses. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > strong, for travelling > chaise or post-chaise > with seat for driver post-chariot1609 chariot1661 1661 S. Pepys Diary 29 May (1970) II. 110 We had great sport to try who should drive fastest, Sir W. Batten's coach or Sir W. Pen's charriot, they having four and we two horses. 1673 Ld. Polwarth in O. Airy Lauderdale Papers (1885) III. xli. 69 A handsome chariot will doe well anuffe, but nou I think on it wee will be for the most part three togither, and by any means a coach must be gott. 1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 1 Apr. (1965) I. 324 I went..'tother day all round the Town in an open Gilt chariot. 1794 W. Felton Treat. Carriages I. i. 26 (heading) A chariot or post-chaise body. 1795 W. Felton Treat. Carriages II. 69 There is no Carriage looks better than a genteel Chariot. 1833 Act 3 & 4 William IV c. 46 §113 To license..hackney coaches, landaus, chariots, or other carriages for hire. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxx. 297 He might have been rolling at that moment in his chariot-and-four. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > [noun] chariot1594 vehiculum?1632 triumphal1633 vehicle1656 machinament1674 machine1759 rig1831 shebang1872 1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 151 There is a pipe that passeth from the middle ventricle to the last, which is as it were the chariot of the spirite, to passe from one to another. 1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke iii. 144 Consider of the blood..how in the same the whaye is as a chariot or mediator. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 791 These Philosophers generally conceived, the Humane Soul..to have had a Lucid and Etherial Body..as its Chariot or Vehicle. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > Northern constellations > [noun] > Ursa Major > Charles's Wain wainc888 Charles's Waina1000 sistersc1425 chariot1555 Triones1594 north car1633 northern car1697 wagon1867 1555 R. Eden tr. G. F. de Oviedo y Valdés Summarie Gen. Hist. W. Indies in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 185 When the starres whiche are cauled the wardens of the north starre, are vnder the chariotte. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 248v We saw also syxe cleare, bryght, and great starres verye lowe aboue the sea... We iudged them to bee the chariotte or wayne of the south. 4. a. Watchmaking. In cylinder watches, a small plate for the bearing of the foot-pivot of the cylinder. ΚΠ 1884 F. J. Britten Watch & Clockmakers' Handbk. (new ed.) 50 Slight alterations in the intersection of the cylinder and escape wheel are made by shifting the chariot. b. A rotating piece of mechanism in a Hughes type-printing telegraph (see quot. 1876). ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > telegraph > [noun] > types of > printing telegraphs > parts of chariot1876 newswire1941 1876 W. H. Preece & J. Sivewright Telegraphy 90 When one of these keys is depressed a pin is raised, which just catches a ‘chariot’..rotating with the type wheel, and thus sends a current to the distant station. c. A part of the mechanism of a stage (see quot. 1902). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > stage lights > support for batten1881 lighting tower1881 chariot1902 lighting bridge1915 perch1933 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 823 Each section [of the stage] is equipped with what is termed a pair of chariots, to hold ‘wing’ lights placed on so-called wing ladders. Compounds C1. Chiefly attributive. a. chariot-course n. ΚΠ 1832 G. Downes Lett. from Continental Countries I. 409 Circus of Caracalla..is a very well-preserved specimen of the ancient-chariot-course. chariot-driver n. (also chariot-driving) ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of a chariot carterc1374 charioteer1382 charet-man1535 chariot-man1577 coachman1582 charet-driver1591 wagoner1594 chareter1610 jockeya1719 chariot-driver1769 1769 O. Goldsmith Rom. Hist. II. 224 Chariot driving was his favourite pursuit. ΚΠ 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 29 The chariot-guiders in the meane time depart a little out of the medly. chariot-horse n. ΚΠ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xli. 1190 Charyot hors were y-ordeignede and yhalwed to the sonne. chariot-match n. ΚΠ 1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 12 Having spent all the estate..in horse-races and chariot-matches. chariot-pole n. ΚΠ c1720 M. Prior Flies A fly upon the chariot pole. chariot-race n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing with vehicles > chariot race > [noun] coursing1569 chariot-race1769 1769 O. Goldsmith Rom. Hist. II. 224 He never missed the circus, when chariot races were to be exhibited there. 1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) I. 425 Having gained a victory in the Olympic chariot-race. chariot-racer n. (also chariot-racing) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing with vehicles > chariot race > [noun] > competitor chariot-racer1697 1697 T. Creech tr. Manilius Five Bks. iv. 2 Under Sagittarius, Chariot-Racers, Horse-breakers. chariot-service n. chariot-shape n. chariot-shell n. ΚΠ 1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust (Boston ed.) II. ii. iv. 204 In Venus' chariot-shell, with hues of morn, Comes Galatea. chariot-side n. ΚΠ 1751 Mem. Lady of Quality in T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle III. lxxxviii. 201 A man riding by the chariot-side. chariot-way n. ΚΠ 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. vii. 228 An ample chariot-way. chariot-wheel n. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) i. i. 34 What Tributaries follow him to Rome, To grace in Captiue bonds his Chariot Wheeles ? View more context for this quotation 1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 386 The chariot-wheels quiver in the rapid onset. b. chariot-breaking adj. ΚΠ a1811 R. Cumberland tr. Aristophanes Clouds in T. Mitchell tr. Aristophanes Comedies (1822) II. 136 Hard-hearted, chariot-breaking fates! chariot-like adj. ΚΠ 1685 H. More Illustr. Daniel & Revelation 80 This is a Chariot-like Throne, as that a Throne-like Chariot. 1725–8 E. Young Sat. i. 124 Chariot-like, I kindle as I run. C2. chariot-burial n. Archaeology the burial of a warrior together with a chariot. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > types of burial or entombment > [noun] > of warrior with chariot chariot-burial1910 1910 Encycl. Brit. II. Pl. vi Chariot burial of a Gaulish chief. 1915 E. A. Parkyn Prehist. Art 273 Another chariot burial..was discovered..at Somme Bionne. chariot-man n. a driver of a chariot. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of a chariot carterc1374 charioteer1382 charet-man1535 chariot-man1577 coachman1582 charet-driver1591 wagoner1594 chareter1610 jockeya1719 chariot-driver1769 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. ii. vi. sig. L.viij/2 A Chariot man ought rather to know how to guide his Carte in driuing, than to drawe it himselfe. 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Macc. ix. 4. chariot plane n. a small smoothing plane used for internal angles and small work. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > shaping tools or equipment > plane > [noun] > other planes rabat1440 long plane1665 strike-block1678 mitre plane1688 straight block1812 ice plane1823 side fillister1841 upright1842 scraping-plane1846 sun plane1846 beading plane1858 bead-plane1858 fluting-plane1864 panel plane1873 badger plane1874 shooting-plane1875 whisk1875 block planea1884 scraper-plane1895 chariot plane1909 shoulder plane1935 1909 P. A. Wells & J. Hooper Mod. Cabinet Work ii. 9 Chariot plane. chariot-service n. the management of war chariots. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military service > [noun] > type or manner of service > in chariots chariot-service1647 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 2 Where the people..had attained such exquisite perfection of skill in Chariot service. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2022). chariotv. 1. transitive. To carry or convey in a chariot: also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport or convey in a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > by wheeled vehicle > by cart or carriage > in specific type of coach1612 caroche1618 chariota1659 car1791 charioteer1862 pochay1870 a1659 R. Loveday Lett. (1663) 48 Our thoughts are charriotted..to the furthest parts of the world. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 27 As in a fiery column charioting His Godlike presence. View more context for this quotation 1820 P. B. Shelley Ode to West Wind i, in Prometheus Unbound 189 O, thou, Who chariotest to their dark wintry bed The winged seeds. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Boadicea 3 Standing loftily charioted. 2. intransitive or absol. To drive or ride in a chariot. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > ride in a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > ride in a wheeled vehicle > in specific type of horse-drawn vehicle wagon1606 caroche1620 chariot1628 coach1631 to chaise it1792 gig1807 hack1879 buckboard1904 car1907 stolkjaerre1932 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xlviii. sig. Q6v The Golden Sunne charriots through the rounding Skie. 1820 J. Keats Lamia i, in Lamia & Other Poems 15 Charioting foremost in the envious race. 1846 R. C. Trench Christ Desire of All Nations vi. 105 The charioteer charioting, and not dragged in the dust at the heels of the horses. Derivatives ˈcharioted adj. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [adjective] > riding in specific horse-drawn vehicle incoached1599 fire-coached1615 caroched1636 charioted1791 charioteered1849 coachy1882 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. xvii. 596 Bright-charioted Aurora. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1374v.1628 |
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