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carriage

noun
 
🔊/ˈkærɪdʒ/
🔊/ˈkærɪdʒ/
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  1.  
    (also coach)
    (both British English)
    (North American English car)
    [countable] a separate section of a train for carrying passengers（火车的）客车厢
    • a railway carriage铁路客车厢
    Wordfinder
    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
    See full entry
  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（旧时载客的）四轮马车
    • a horse-drawn carriage四轮马车
    Extra Examples
    • A horse and carriage awaited the happy couple.一辆马车在等待这对幸福的伉俪。
    • She arrived at the ball in horse-drawn carriage.她用马拉的马车到达了球。
    • She went for a ride in the carriage that afternoon.那天下午她乘马车去兜风。
    • The queen waved from her ceremonial carriage.女王从礼仪车上挥了挥手。
    • They could hear the sound of carriage wheels on the gravel.他们可以听到碎石上车轮的声音。
    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运输；运费
    • £16.95 including VAT and carriage16.95 英镑，包含增值税和运费
    • Orders are despatched within 28 days but allow time for carriage.订单会在28天内寄出，但要有一定的运输时间。
    • a contract for the carriage of goods货物运输合同
  4. [countable] a moving part of a machine that supports or moves another part, for example on a typewriter（打字机等机器上的）滑动托架
    • a carriage return (= the act of starting a new line when typing)回车
  5. [singular] (old-fashioned) the way in which somebody holds and moves their head and body仪态；举止 synonym bearing
    • She showed her pedigree on her face and in her carriage.她的脸庞和马车上都显示出血统书。
    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’.