carriage

noun

/ˈkærɪdʒ/

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(also coach)
(both British English)
(North American English car)
[countable] a separate section of a train for carrying passengers
- a railway carriage
Wordfinder
- aisle
- buffet
- carriage
- connection
- locomotive
- luggage rack
- platform
- station
- track
- train
Topics Transport by bus and trainc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- railway
- full
- empty
- …
verb + carriage
- get in
- get into
- get out of
- …
carriage + noun
- door
- window
preposition
- in a/the carriage
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[countable] a road vehicle, usually with four wheels, that is pulled by one or more horses and was used in the past to carry people
- a horse-drawn carriage
Extra Examples
- A horse and carriage awaited the happy couple.
- She arrived at the ball in horse-drawn carriage.
- She went for a ride in the carriage that afternoon.
- The queen waved from her ceremonial carriage.
- They could hear the sound of carriage wheels on the gravel.
Topics Historyc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- horse-drawn
- open
- royal
- …
verb + carriage
- ride in
- drive
- pull
- …
preposition
- in a/the carriage
See full entry
(British English)
(also handling North American English, British English)
[uncountable] (formal) the act or cost of transporting goods from one place to another
- £16.95 including VAT and carriage
- Orders are despatched within 28 days but allow time for carriage.
- a contract for the carriage of goods
[countable] a moving part of a machine that supports or moves another part, for example on a typewriter
- a carriage return (= the act of starting a new line when typing)
[singular] (old-fashioned) the way in which somebody holds and moves their head and body synonym bearing
- She showed her pedigree on her face and in her carriage.

see also baby carriage, gun carriage, hackney carriage, undercarriage

Word Originlate Middle English: from Old Northern French cariage, from carier, based on Latin carrus ‘wheeled vehicle’.

单词	carriage
释义	carriage noun /ˈkærɪdʒ/ /ˈkærɪdʒ/ jump to other results enlarge image (also coach) (both British English) (North American English car) [countable] a separate section of a train for carrying passengers a railway carriage Wordfinder aisle buffet carriage connection locomotive luggage rack platform station track train Topics Transport by bus and trainc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective railway full empty … verb + carriage get in get into get out of … carriage + noun door window preposition in a/the carriage See full entry [countable] a road vehicle, usually with four wheels, that is pulled by one or more horses and was used in the past to carry people a horse-drawn carriage Extra Examples A horse and carriage awaited the happy couple. She arrived at the ball in horse-drawn carriage. She went for a ride in the carriage that afternoon. The queen waved from her ceremonial carriage. They could hear the sound of carriage wheels on the gravel. Topics Historyc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective horse-drawn open royal … verb + carriage ride in drive pull … preposition in a/the carriage See full entry (British English) (also handling North American English, British English) [uncountable] (formal) the act or cost of transporting goods from one place to another £16.95 including VAT and carriage Orders are despatched within 28 days but allow time for carriage. a contract for the carriage of goods [countable] a moving part of a machine that supports or moves another part, for example on a typewriter a carriage return (= the act of starting a new line when typing) [singular] (old-fashioned) the way in which somebody holds and moves their head and body synonym bearing She showed her pedigree on her face and in her carriage. see also baby carriage, gun carriage, hackney carriage, undercarriage Word Originlate Middle English: from Old Northern French cariage, from carier, based on Latin carrus ‘wheeled vehicle’.
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