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单词 carriage
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carriage

noun
 
/ˈkærɪdʒ/
/ˈkærɪdʒ/
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    (also coach)
    (both British English)
    (North American English car)
    [countable] a separate section of a train for carrying passengers
    • a railway carriage
    Wordfinder
    • aisle
    • buffet
    • carriage
    • connection
    • locomotive
    • luggage rack
    • platform
    • station
    • track
    • train
    Topics Transport by bus and trainc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • railway
    • full
    • empty
    verb + carriage
    • get in
    • get into
    • get out of
    carriage + noun
    • door
    • window
    preposition
    • in a/​the carriage
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  2.  
    [countable] a road vehicle, usually with four wheels, that is pulled by one or more horses and was used in the past to carry people
    • a horse-drawn carriage
    Extra Examples
    • A horse and carriage awaited the happy couple.
    • She arrived at the ball in horse-drawn carriage.
    • She went for a ride in the carriage that afternoon.
    • The queen waved from her ceremonial carriage.
    • They could hear the sound of carriage wheels on the gravel.
    Topics Historyc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • horse-drawn
    • open
    • royal
    verb + carriage
    • ride in
    • drive
    • pull
    preposition
    • in a/​the carriage
    See full entry
  3. (British English)
    (also handling North American English, British English)
    [uncountable] (formal) the act or cost of transporting goods from one place to another
    • £16.95 including VAT and carriage
    • Orders are despatched within 28 days but allow time for carriage.
    • a contract for the carriage of goods
  4. [countable] a moving part of a machine that supports or moves another part, for example on a typewriter
    • a carriage return (= the act of starting a new line when typing)
  5. [singular] (old-fashioned) the way in which somebody holds and moves their head and body synonym bearing
    • She showed her pedigree on her face and in her carriage.
  6. see also baby carriage, gun carriage, hackney carriage, undercarriage
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old Northern French cariage, from carier, based on Latin carrus ‘wheeled vehicle’.
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