单词 | hansom cab |
释义 | hansom cab (once / 21888 pages) n WORD FAMILY hansom cab: hansom cabs USAGE EXAMPLESThere was the lamppost, with one arm missing; there was the wreck of the hansom cab; and there was the crowd. C. S. Lewis, The Magician's Nephew(1955) These days, “The Mystery of a Hansom Cab” is frequently derided as ill-written or faintly embarrassing, although such reactions puzzle me. Washington Post(Jul 20, 2016) During the same period, Hansom cabs, small, swift horse-drawn two-wheelers that had been ubiquitous in the capital since the 1830s, virtually disappeared. The Guardian(Apr 27, 2016) n a two-wheeled horse-drawn covered carriage with the driver's seat above and behind the passengers Syn|Hyper hansom carriage, equipage, rig a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses |
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