hansom

IPA/ˈhænsəm/
KK[hˈænsəm]IPA/ˈhænsəm/

hansom — noun

1. a hired city cab from the past, drawn by a single horse and built on two wheels

1.名詞C2
釋義

a hired city cab from the past, drawn by a single horse and built on two wheels with a covered seat for riders

例句

After the theater ended, Felipe waved down a hansom under the gas lamps.

wave down a hansom

The doctor sent a hansom to bring the sick child home before dawn.

send a hansom to bring someone home

同義詞
  • horse cab

    the nearest plain-language term; less specific about the two-wheeled design

  • carriage

    broader word for a horse-drawn passenger vehicle; not all carriages are hansoms

  • cab

    historically can include a hansom, but today usually refers to a motor taxi

反義詞
  • taxi

    the modern hired city vehicle powered by an engine rather than a horse

  • motorcar

    a self-powered road vehicle rather than a horse-drawn one

文法句型

ride in a hansom

hire/call/send for a hansom

a hansom + carried/took + someone + to + [place]

用法筆記

Mostly appears in historical writing about city travel in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Modern English usually uses cab or taxi instead.

常見錯誤

❌We rode in hansom to the hotel.
✅We rode in a hansom to the hotel.
💡use an article because this is a countable noun.