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hackney carriage

n.出租马车

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hackney carriage为短语/超纲词汇

hackney carriage


/'hæknɪ kærɪdʒ; `hæknɪ ,kærɪdʒ/
(also hackney cab) (dated 旧 Brit) taxi 计程车.

hackney carriage


n[C]BrE
[Date: 1700-1800; Origin: Hackney; HACKNEYED]
a carriage pulled by a horse, used in the past like a taxi
alsohackney cabformal
a taxi
1. They passed me in a carriage.
    他们乘马车从我旁边过去。

2. He notes "no amount of change" with the horse and carriage "will produce an automobile".
    他说"无论怎样改革",马和马车"都改革不出汽车" 。

3. In a letter to a friend in 1821, Ludwig van Beethoven wrote about thinking of a beautiful tune while half asleep in a carriage:
    1821年,路德维格·范·贝多芬在一封给朋友的信中谈到他在马车上打盹时想到了一首美妙的曲子的情形,

4. Fortunately, for Beethoven and for us, the next day in the same carriage, the tune returned to him and he captured it in writing.
    "好在当贝多芬第二天乘坐同一辆马车时,那首曲子又回到了他的脑子里,于是他把它记录了下来,这对于贝多芬和我们都可谓是一件幸事。

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