| 单词 | carriage |
| 释义 | carriage (once / 98 pages) 1n 2n 3n A carriage is a vehicle with wheels that's usually pulled by horses. In some cities, you can go for a carriage ride through the park. A carriage generally has four wheels and is pulled by two or more horses, while the smaller cart tends to have two wheels and be pulled by a single horse. In Britain, you might hear people refer to the separate compartments of a train as carriages as well, and in some parts of the US it's used to mean "baby stroller" or "grocery cart." The Latin root is carrum, "two-wheeled war chariot." WORD FAMILYcarriage: carriages, undercarriage+/carrier: carriers/carry: carriage, carried, carrier, carries, carrying, miscarry/miscarriage: miscarriages/miscarry: miscarriage, miscarried, miscarries, miscarrying/undercarriage: undercarriages USAGE EXAMPLES"The likelihood is that, because of its location, most of the early landlords were connected with horses, carriages and stabling," writes Dailey. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) There was an eight-minute delay at Peterborough while the affected carriage containing about 20 people was sealed off and checked. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) Eyewitnesses told local TV channels that there was dense fog when the carriages derailed. BBC(Dec 27, 2016) 1 1n a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses Syn|Hypo|Hyper equipage, rig barouche a horse-drawn carriage having four wheels; has an outside seat for the driver and facing inside seats for two couples and a folding top broughamlight carriage; pulled by a single horse buckboardan open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels; has a seat attached to a flexible board between the two axles buggy, roadstera small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse cab, cabrioletsmall two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood carochea luxurious carriage suitable for nobility in the 16th and 17th century chaise, shaya carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn by a single horse chariota light four-wheel horse-drawn ceremonial carriage clarencea closed carriage with four wheels and seats for four passengers coach, coach-and-four, four-in-handa carriage pulled by four horses with one driver droshky, droskyan open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels; formerly used in Poland and Russia gharrya horse-drawn carriage in India gigsmall two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and no hood hackney, hackney carriage, hackney coacha carriage for hire hansom, hansom caba two-wheeled horse-drawn covered carriage with the driver's seat above and behind the passengers landaua four-wheel covered carriage with a roof divided into two parts (front and back) that can be let down separately post chaiseclosed horse-drawn carriage with four wheels; formerly used to transport passengers and mail stanhopea light open horse-drawn carriage with two or four wheels and one seat surreya light four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; has two or four seats trapa light two-wheeled carriage troikaa Russian carriage pulled by three horses abreast four-wheelera hackney carriage with four wheels remisean expensive or high-class hackney stage, stagecoacha large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns horse-drawn vehicle a wheeled vehicle drawn by one or more horses 2n a railcar where passengers ride Syn|Hypo|Hyper coach, passenger car buffet car, diner, dining car, dining compartment a passenger car where food is served in transit nonsmoker, nonsmoking cara passenger car for passengers who want to avoid tobacco smoke chair car, drawing-room car, palace car, parlor car, parlour cara passenger car for day travel; you pay extra fare for individual chairs Pullman, Pullman carluxurious passenger car; for day or night travel sleeper, sleeping car, wagon-lita passenger car that has berths for sleeping smoker, smoking car, smoking carriage, smoking compartmenta passenger car for passengers who wish to smoke car, railcar, railroad car, railway car a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad 3n a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper baby buggy, baby carriage, go-cart, perambulator, pram, pushchair, pusher, stroller bassinet a perambulator that resembles a bassinet wheeled vehicle a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people n a machine part that carries something else 3Hypo|Hyper typewriter carriage a carriage for carrying a sheet of paper mechanism device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function n characteristic way of bearing one's body Syn|Hypo|Hyper bearing, posture manner of walking, walk manner of walking sloucha stooping carriage in standing and walking gracefulnessbeautiful carriage awkwardness, clumsinessthe carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant grace, gracilityelegance and beauty of movement or expression agility, legerity, lightness, lightsomeness, nimblenessthe gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble lissomeness, litheness, supplenessthe gracefulness of a person or animal that is flexible and supple gracelessness, ungracefulnessan unpleasant lack of grace in carriage or form or movement or expression gawkiness, ungainlinessthe carriage of someone whose movements and posture are extremely ungainly and inelegant stiffnessthe property of moving with pain or difficulty bodily property an attribute of the body |
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