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单词 ox-cart
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ox-cartn.

Brit. /ˈɒkskɑːt/, U.S. /ˈɑksˌkɑrt/
Forms: see ox n. and cart n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ox n., cart n.
Etymology: < ox n. + cart n.
A cart drawn by an ox or oxen. Also in extended use (see quot. 1918).
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > types of > cart (usually two-wheeled) > drawn by ox or oxen
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bullock-cart1828
1737 S.-Carolina Gaz. 15 Jan. 3/1 A team of very good Oxen and Ox Cart, and sundry other Things.
1768 G. Washington Diaries (1925) I. 287 Began to draw it [sc. wheat] in..with only my Ox Cart.
?1801 in E. C. Barker Austin Papers (1924) I. i. 61 2 ox Carts, £6 [each].
1850 W. Colton Three Years in Calif. iii. 42 The ox-cart of the Californian is quite unique and primitive.
1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 427 Ox Cart, a slang name for a heavy French shell which moves with a moderate velocity.
1942 National Geographic Mag. June 769/2 The streets of the port town of Garapan are choked with charcoal-burning automobiles and primitive oxcarts.
2000 A. Ghosh Glass Palace (2001) iv. 45 When the first ox-cart came into view he caught a glimpse of the King.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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