- (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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- railway
- full
- empty
- …
- get in
- get into
- get out of
- …
- door
- window
- in a/the carriage
- [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 ExamplesTopics Historyc1A 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. 她坐着马车去参加舞会。 She went for a ride in the carriage that afternoon. 那天下午她乘马车去兜风了。 The queen waved from her ceremonial carriage. 女王从她的礼仪马车上挥手致意。 They could hear the sound of carriage wheels on the gravel. 他们能听到砾石上马车轮子的声音。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- horse-drawn
- open
- royal
- …
- ride in
- drive
- pull
- …
- in a/the carriage
- (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 carriage 16.95 英镑,包含增值税和运费 Orders are despatched within 28 days but allow time for carriage. 订单在28天内发货,但要留出运输时间。 a contract for the carriage of goods 货物运输合同
- [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
- [singular] (old-fashioned)
the way in which somebody holds and moves their head and body synonym bearing仪态;举止 She showed her pedigree on her face and in her carriage. 她在脸上和马车里展示了她的血统。
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’.