单词 | hansom |
释义 | hansom/ˈhans(ə)m /(also hansom cab) noun historical A two-wheeled horse-drawn cab accommodating two inside, with the driver seated behind.Far into the distance curved the line of flickering gas-lamps, and outside a little walled-in house stood a solitary hansom, the driver asleep inside....
OriginMid 19th century: named after Joseph A. Hansom (1803–82), English architect, patentee of such a cab in 1834. Rhymes |
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