- 1象轎
A howdah is a seat, often with a roof or curtains, fixed on an elephant’s back so people can ride. You meet it in writing about South Asia, old travel, hunting, and ceremony — not in everyday talk about buses and cars. It came into English from Hindi, and further back from Arabic, where the related word was a litter carried by a camel. In English, though, a howdah is for an elephant, not a camel. It is a rare, special-topic word. If you only ever read modern city English you may never need it; if you read history or travel you will.
組成From Hindi हौदा (haudā), from Arabic هَوْدَج (hawdaj), a litter carried by a camel. English borrowed it in the 1700s; in English it is the elephant seat.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。
howdahnoun/ˈhaʊdə/
- 1
A seat, usually with a canopy, carried on the back of an elephant or camel.
- They don't ask for palanquins and howdahs.
- I shot a couple […] Only from the safety of a howdah, of course.
- 2
An ornate carriage which is positioned on the back of elephants or occasionally other animals, used most often in the past for rich people who travelled in India via elephant.
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