A hearse is the special large car that carries a dead person in a coffin at a funeral. It is usually long and dark, and it moves slowly with the family.

A hearse is靈車是 the special large car一種特別的大型汽車, that carries a dead person用來載著往生者 in a coffin躺在棺材裡 at a funeral在喪禮上。It is usually long and dark它通常又長又暗, and it moves slowly而且行進得很緩慢 with the family伴著家屬。

Though actually, the word is much older than cars. It first named a triangular frame that held candles over a coffin.

Though actually不過事實上, the word is much older than cars這個字比汽車還古老得多。It first named它最初指的是 a triangular frame一個三角形的架子, that held candles over a coffin用來在棺材上方放蠟燭的。

Before that it was the same word as a farm tool with many teeth, a harrow, from Old French herce. That farm-tool name probably came from an old word for wolf, because of all the teeth.

Before that在那之前, it was the same word as它跟同一個字 a farm tool with many teeth指的是一種有很多齒的農具, a harrow也就是耙子, from Old French herce來自古法文herce。That farm-tool name那個農具的名字 probably came from an old word for wolf可能來自一個指「狼」的古字, because of all the teeth因為它齒很多。

Today almost nobody feels those older meanings; a hearse is simply the funeral car.

Today今天, almost nobody feels幾乎沒有人會感覺到 those older meanings那些比較古老的意思了; a hearse is simply靈車單純就是 the funeral car喪禮用的車。

It is a quiet, serious word. People do not use it as a joke around the family of the dead.

It is a quiet, serious word這是個安靜、嚴肅的字。People do not use it大家不會拿它 as a joke來開玩笑 around the family of the dead在往生者的家屬面前。