pung

pung — 名詞

1. a light vehicle with a box-shaped wooden body and two metal runners underneath,

1.名詞
釋義

箱形雪橇

單馬拉動、有箱形車身的雪橇

a light vehicle with a box-shaped wooden body and two metal runners underneath, pulled by a single horse, used mainly in the past in snowy regions of the northern United States and Canada for carrying people or goods

例句

Every winter, Grandpa hitched the horse to the pung and drove into town for supplies.

每年冬天，爺爺都會把馬套上箱形雪橇，駕著它進城採買物資。

collocation: hitch the horse to the pung

The old pung sat in the barn, its wooden box cracked from years of use.

那輛舊箱形雪橇放在穀倉裡，木箱車身因多年使用而出現裂痕。

passive state: sat in the barn

同義詞
  • sleigh

    general term for any vehicle on runners pulled by an animal; pung is a specific type with a box body

  • cutter

    a lighter, more elegant one-horse sleigh; a pung is heavier and more useful for carrying goods

用法筆記

This is a regional term used mainly in New England (United States) and parts of Canada. The pung was a common farm vehicle in the 1800s and early 1900s before cars became widespread.