hansom

IPA/ˈhænsəm/
KK[hˈænsəm]IPA/ˈhænsəm/

hansom — 名詞

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

1.名詞C2
釋義

雙輪出租馬車

舊時單馬拉的雙輪載客馬車

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.

劇院散場後，Felipe 在煤氣燈下攔下一輛雙輪出租馬車。

wave down a hansom

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

醫生叫來一輛雙輪出租馬車，好在天亮前把生病的孩子送回家。

send a hansom to bring someone home

常見搭配
  • ride in a hansom
  • hire a hansom
  • call a hansom
  • hansom cab
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.

常見搭配

名詞搭配

常用片語

  • ride in a hansom
  • hire a hansom
  • send for a hansom