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A sleigh is a large open vehicle with no wheels, built to travel over snow, and pulled by animals — horses in real winter countries, in Christmas pictures. Santa’s sleigh is the picture most students already have, and that picture is fair: it is for riding in, not for belly-sliding down a hill.
A sleigh is雪橇是 a large open vehicle with no wheels一種大型、沒有輪子的敞篷交通工具 built to travel over snow是設計來在雪地上行走的 and pulled by animals由動物拉動 horses in real winter countries在真正下雪的國家是馬 reindeer in Christmas pictures在聖誕節圖畫裡則是馴鹿 Santa's sleigh聖誕老公公的雪橇 is the picture most students already have是大部分學生腦中已經有的畫面 and that picture is fair而這個畫面沒有錯 it is for riding in它是用來坐的 not for belly-sliding down a hill不是用來趴著滑下山坡的
A child’s small sled is usually a different, smaller thing; people do mix the two words, especially in America, but the tidy difference is size and purpose.
A child's small sled小孩玩的小雪橇 is usually a different, smaller thing通常是另一種比較小的東西 people do mix the two words大家確實常把這兩個字搞混 especially in America尤其是在美國 but the tidy difference不過整齊的區分方式 is size and purpose就是大小和用途不同
The word can feel a little storybook or old-fashioned in places with no snow.
The word can feel這個字可能會讓人覺得 a little storybook or old-fashioned有點童話故事感或有點過時 in places with no snow在不下雪的地方
There is a verb, to sleigh, meaning to ride in one, but you will almost always meet the noun. It is said like “slay,” not like “sleep” or “.”
There is a verb也有一個動詞 to sleighsleigh meaning to ride in one意思是坐雪橇 but you will almost always meet the noun但你幾乎都只會遇到它的名詞用法 It is said like它的發音像 "slay,"「slay」 not like "sleep" or "sleet."而不是像「sleep」或「sleet」
組成It does not split. English took it from Modern Dutch slee, from Middle Dutch slede, going back to Proto-Germanic *slidô. Sled is the same word in another shape — a doublet. Slide is a relative: both come from that old idea of moving smoothly.
原始詞典資料5 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。
Sleighname
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A surname.
sleighnoun詞源 1/sleɪ/
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A vehicle, generally pulled by an animal, which moves over snow or ice on runners, used for transporting persons or goods. (contrast "sled", which is smaller)
- Santa travels in a sleigh.
- In 1958, it was reported that for "the fourth year in succession, staff of four South London stations have combined to decorate the booking hall at Peckham Rye station". They installed a nativity scene, models of Father Christmas, and a sleigh driven by huskies, and Christmas trees were placed around the station.
sleighverb詞源 1/sleɪ/
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To ride or drive a sleigh.
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To transport (cargo, freight) via sleigh.
- Electrification helped farmers, but in addition, the farm routine was greatly simplified because milk itself became the desired commodity instead of cream and butter. Milk trucks traveled to neighborhoods like North Pomfret to pick up cans of milk and haul them to the creamery for processing. The empty cans were returned to the farm when the next load was picked up. This required the farmer to purchase and keep extra milk cans on hand, but that was a small price to pay for convenience. Platforms were erected by the side of the main road through Pomfret so that during the winter farmers could sleigh their milk cans to them for pickup by the milk trucks, which were unable to navigate the infrequently maintained back roads where many farmers lived.
sleighadj詞源 2/sleɪ/
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obsoleteSly.
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。