hansom cab
hansom cab — 名詞
1. A light, two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse, with the driver seated on
雙輪馬車
19世紀出租馬車
A light, two-wheeled carriage drawn by a single horse, with the driver seated on a raised platform behind the enclosed passenger compartment; used in the 19th and early 20th centuries as a horse-drawn taxi that passengers could hail on the street or hire at a stand.
In Victorian London, visitors often hired a hansom cab at the railway station.
在維多利亞時代的倫敦，訪客常僱用雙輪出租馬車前往目的地。
collocation: hire a hansom cab
A hansom cab was waiting outside the theatre when the play ended.
戲劇結束時，一輛雙輪出租馬車正在劇院外等候。
passive: was waiting + location
With only a small bag, the young traveller hailed a hansom cab near London Bridge.
年輕旅客只帶了一個小包包，就在倫敦橋附近攔下了一輛雙輪出租馬車。
Taking a hansom cab through the foggy streets of London was an adventure in itself.
搭乘雙輪出租馬車穿過倫敦濃霧瀰漫的街道，本身就是一場冒險。
No hansom cab was available at that late hour, so the doctor walked home.
那時候已經很晚了，沒有任何雙輪出租馬車可以搭乘，醫生只好步行回家。
- carriage
broader term for any horse-drawn passenger vehicle; a hansom cab is a specific lightweight type with two wheels
- cab
originally short for cabriolet; now refers to a modern taxi, but in historical contexts can overlap with hansom cab
- hackney carriage
official term for a licensed horse-drawn vehicle for hire in London; a hansom cab was one popular kind of hackney carriage
文法句型
a hansom cab
hansom cab (as modifier)
用法筆記
This noun is used chiefly in historical descriptions of British city life in the 1800s and early 1900s. The driver, known as a cabman, controlled the horse through a small roof hatch and could hear passengers through a speaking tube.