A hatchback is a car whose back is one door that lifts up, window and all. You do not have a separate boot lid the way a saloon — in American English, a sedan — does. The whole rear wall opens, and the back seats can usually fold, so boxes and a week’s shopping slide straight in.

A hatchback掀背車 is a car whose back is one door that lifts up, window and all是一種車尾是一整片門、連窗戶一起往上掀開的車 You do not have a separate boot lid你不會有另外獨立的行李廂蓋 the way a saloon — in American English, a sedan — does像saloon（美式英文叫sedan，也就是房車）那樣 The whole rear wall opens整個車尾都會打開 and the back seats can usually fold後座通常也可以放平 so boxes and a week's shopping slide straight in所以箱子和一星期份的採買可以直接滑進去

It is an everyday word for a very common family car, a little informal, completely at home in ads and in ordinary talk. People stretch it a bit: some cars are called “crossover hatchbacks,” sitting between a small car and an SUV.

It is an everyday word這是一個日常用字 for a very common family car指很常見的家庭房車 a little informal有點口語 completely at home in ads and in ordinary talk在廣告和平常說話裡都很自然 People stretch it a bit人們也會把這個詞用得更廣 "crossover hatchbacks,"像「crossover hatchback（跨界掀背車）」 sitting between a small car and an SUV那樣，介於小型車和休旅車（SUV）之間

In Britain hatchback is the normal word; Americans often just say hatch. Though actually, the hatch here is the opening or door — the same kind of hatch as on a ship — not baby birds coming out of eggs. Same spelling, different hatch.

In Britain在英國 hatchback is the normal wordhatchback是常用的說法 Americans often just say hatch美國人常常直接說hatch Though actually不過其實 the hatch here is the opening or door這裡的hatch指的是那個開口或門 the same kind of hatch as on a ship就像船上的艙門（hatch）一樣 not baby birds coming out of eggs不是小鳥從蛋裡孵出來的意思 Same spelling, different hatch拼法一樣，但是不同的hatch