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单词 tonneau
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tonneau in British English

(ˈtɒnəʊ)
nounWord forms: plural -neaus or -neaux (-nəʊ, -nəʊz)
1.  Also called: tonneau cover
a. 
a detachable cover to protect the rear part of an open car when it is not carrying passengers
b. 
a similar cover that fits over all the passenger seats, but not the driver's, in an open vehicle
2.  rare
the part of an open car in which the rear passengers sit
Word origin
C20: from French: special type of vehicle body, from Old French tonnel cask, from tonne tun

tonneau in American English

(tʌˈnoʊ; ˈtɑnˌoʊ)
nounWord forms: plural tonˈneaus or tonˈneaux (tʌˈnoʊz; ˈtɑnˈnoʊz)
1. 
an enclosed rear compartment for passengers in an early type of automobile
2. 
the whole body of such an automobile
3.  US
a protective cover for the passenger compartment of a small, open sports car, for the bed of a pickup truck, etc.
Word origin
Fr, lit., a cask < tonne: see tun

Examples of 'tonneau' in a sentence
tonneau

Glover carried the cases out of the house, put them behind the seat of the SS, buttoned down the tonneau.
Leasor, James TANK OF SERPENTS (2001)
Leaving Daoud to arrange for the luggage, we got into the motorcar, Katherine and I in the tonneau with Bertie.
Elizabeth Peters LORD OF THE SILENT (2001)
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