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A brougham is an old kind of horse carriage: four wheels, a closed roof, and a horse (sometimes two) pulling it. The driver sat outside at the front; the passengers sat inside a small, neat box, out of the rain.
A broughambrougham is an old kind of horse carriage是一種古老的馬車 four wheels, a closed roof四個輪子、有頂蓋 and a horse (sometimes two) pulling it由一匹(有時兩匹)馬拉著 The driver車伕 sat outside at the front坐在前面外頭 the passengers乘客 sat inside a small, neat box坐在一個小巧整齊的車廂裡 out of the rain不會淋到雨
It was a city carriage more than a farm wagon — the sort a well-off person used in the 1800s to go about town. You will meet the word in history, old novels, and museums, not in ordinary talk; most people now just say carriage.
It was a city carriage more than a farm wagon它是城裡用的馬車,而不是農場的貨車 the sort a well-off person used in the 1800s to go about town是十九世紀有錢人在城裡代步用的那一種 You will meet the word in history, old novels, and museums你會在歷史、老小說和博物館裡遇到這個字 not in ordinary talk平常說話不太會用到 most people now just say carriage現在大部分人就直接說 carriage
Though actually, the name later stuck to some early motor cars with the same shape (closed in the back, the driver more open), so you may see it on a vintage car as well as on a horse-drawn one. It is named after a British politician, Lord Brougham (1778–1868), who rode in one and either invented the style or made it fashionable.
Though actually不過其實 the name later stuck to some early motor cars with the same shape後來這個名字也用在一些外型相似的早期汽車上 (closed in the back, the driver more open)(後座是封閉的,駕駛座比較開放) so you may see it on a vintage car as well as on a horse-drawn one所以你可能會在古董汽車上看到這個字,不只是馬車 It is named after a British politician, Lord Brougham (1778–1868)這個字是以一位英國政治人物布魯厄姆勳爵(1778–1868)命名的 who rode in one他曾經搭過這種馬車 and either invented the style or made it fashionable要不是發明了這種款式,就是讓它流行起來
組成Named after the British statesman Lord Brougham (1778–1868), who either invented the carriage or made it popular. The word does not split into English pieces with their own meanings.
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Broughamname
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A surname.
broughamnoun/ˈbɹuːəm/
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historicalA four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with an open seat for the driver in front of a closed cabin for two or four passengers, designed in 1839.
- “Yes,” he continued, glancing out of the window. “A nice little brougham and a pair of beauties.”
- It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue; motor, brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current; pretty women glanced out from limousine and tonneau; young men of his own type, silk-hatted, frock-coated, the crooks of their walking sticks tucked up under their left arms, passed on the Park side.
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An automobile, a sedan without a roof over the driver's seat.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。