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单词 buckboard
释义

buckboard

/ˈbʌkbɔːd /
noun North American
An open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels and seating that is attached to a plank stretching between the front and rear axles.Ben had swung into his saddle and pulled the buckskin around to follow his sons and the buckboard out of the yard when he heard it: a half strangled yelp followed swiftly by what was obviously drawers opening and then slamming shut....
  • And Herman Goslin made his scant living by meeting the steamboats and transporting the disembarking passengers, if any, up to the hotel in a gimpy buckboard.
  • She and Mother drove back in the buckboard and somehow got the old stove loaded.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from buck 'body of a cart' (perhaps a variant of obsolete bouk 'belly, body') + board.

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