A surrey is a light horse-drawn carriage with two rows of seats, facing forward, often with a flat roof and a fringe hanging round the edge. It was a family carriage in America in the late 1800s and early 1900s — the kind you took out for a Sunday ride, not for carrying goods.

A surrey is a light horse-drawn carriage一種輕便的馬拉車 with two rows of seats有兩排座位, facing forward面朝前方, often with a flat roof and a fringe hanging round the edge常常有平頂、邊緣垂著流蘇. It was a family carriage它是家庭用的馬車 in America in the late 1800s and early 1900s在十九世紀末、二十世紀初的美國 — the kind you took out for a Sunday ride是那種星期天出遊會用的車, not for carrying goods不是用來載貨的

This is a historical word: nobody owns a surrey today, and you meet it almost only in old American stories, in museums, and in one very famous song, "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top", from the musical Oklahoma! That song is honestly why the word survives at all. So treat it as reading vocabulary.

This is a historical word這是個歷史性的字: nobody owns a surrey today現在沒有人擁有 surrey 了, and you meet it almost only in old American stories你幾乎只會在老美國故事裡遇到它, in museums博物館裡, and in one very famous song還有一首非常有名的歌, "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top"《The Surrey with the Fringe on Top》, from the musical Oklahoma!出自音樂劇《Oklahoma!》. That song is honestly why the word survives at all老實說，這個字能留下來全靠這首歌. So treat it as reading vocabulary所以把它當作閱讀詞彙就好

Note that it is spelled with a small s when it means the carriage; with a capital S, Surrey is a county in the south of England, and the carriage was named after it because that style of cart was first made there before Americans took up the design in 1872.

Note that it is spelled with a small s要注意，小寫 s when it means the carriage是指馬車的時候; with a capital S大寫 S 的時候, Surrey is a county in the south of England Surrey 是英格蘭南部的一個郡, and the carriage was named after it這種馬車就是以它命名的 because that style of cart was first made there因為這種車款最早是在那裡做出來的 before Americans took up the design in 1872之後美國人才在一八七二年採用了這個設計