rath
rath — 名詞
1. a large decorated cart on two wheels, built to carry a holy statue through the s
聖車
印度教節慶用的雙輪神像車
a large decorated cart on two wheels, built to carry a holy statue through the streets during a religious procession, pulled by worshippers
Noor watched the enormous rath roll slowly through the crowded temple square.
Noor 看著巨大的聖車緩緩穿過擁擠的寺廟廣場。
collocation: enormous rath
On the day of the festival, the painted rath stood ready at the temple gate.
節慶當天，彩繪聖車已在寺廟大門前準備就緒。
fronted time clause: On the day of the festival
It took twenty people to pull the heavy rath up the steep hill.
需要二十個人才將沉重的聖車拉上陡峭的山坡。
Lotte touched the rope of the rath and closed her eyes in prayer.
Lotte 觸摸聖車的繩索，閉上雙眼祈禱。
Behind the rath, a crowd of children sang and threw flower petals into the air.
聖車後方，一群孩子邊唱歌邊向空中拋撒花瓣。
- temple car
a more descriptive English term for the same thing, used in travel writing and art history
- chariot
a broader term covering war, sport, and ceremony across many cultures; 'rath' is specifically a Hindu ceremonial vehicle
用法筆記
Used mainly in descriptions of Hindu temple festivals. The most famous is the Rath Yatra in Puri, India, where enormous raths are pulled through the streets by thousands of worshippers.
2. a light two-wheeled carriage drawn by horses, used in ancient times for battle,
雙輪馬車
古代雙輪輕型馬拉戰車或旅行車
a light two-wheeled carriage drawn by horses, used in ancient times for battle, hunting, or travel
Rodrigo saw a painting of an old rath being pulled by two white horses.
Rodrigo 看到一幅畫，畫中古老的雙輪馬車由兩匹白馬拉著。
passive: being pulled by [animals]
The museum had a wooden rath on display, its wheels taller than a grown man.
博物館裡陳列著一輛木製雙輪馬車，車輪比成人還高。
In the old story, the warrior stepped onto his rath and raced across the field.
在古老的故事中，戰士踏上他的雙輪馬車，飛奔穿越原野。
King Bimbisara rode out in his rath at dawn, a hunting bow resting beside him.
Bimbisara 國王在黎明時分駕著雙輪馬車出發，獵弓放在身旁。
A dusty rath with broken wheels lay half-buried at the edge of the village.
一輛布滿灰塵、車輪破損的雙輪馬車半埋在村莊邊緣。
用法筆記
Used in historical and archaeological writing for ancient two-wheeled vehicles. When speaking of similar vehicles in everyday English, 'chariot' (for war or racing) or 'cart' (for carrying goods) are far more common.