- (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 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’.