单词 | fiacre |
释义 | fiacren. A small four-wheeled carriage for hire, a hackney-coach, a French cab. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles (plying) for hire > [noun] > hackney carriage hackney coach1618 hell-cart1623 hackney1664 hack1692 fiacre1699 hackney carriage1735 dilly1805 street coach1818 jarvey1819 cab1822 hackney cab1832 gurney1884 cabriolet1907 1699 M. Lister Journey to Paris (new ed.) 12 They are most, even Fiacres or Hackneys, hung with Double Springs. 1741 tr. Marquis d'Argens Chinese Lett. i. 5 This miserable Vehicle, which the French call a Fiacre (i.e. a Hackney-Coach). 1826 H. W. Longfellow in S. Longfellow Life H. W. Longfellow (1891) I. vii. 81 Cabriolets, fiacres, and carriages of all kinds. 1885 R. Buchanan Annan Water xxvii Hailing a fiacre, he jumped in. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。