carriage
UK/'kæridʒ/US
TOEFLB1
Definitions
n.
A horse-drawn passenger vehicle
马车
n.
A railway passenger car (British)
（英）火车车厢
n.
The way a person holds and carries themselves; bearing
仪态，举止
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedcarry (from carrus, cart) + -age (noun) = the thing that carries — a vehicle. The 'bearing/posture' sense is a neat extension: how a person 'carries' themselves. carri is the carrus variant of car.
Root car still carries 96 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.horse-drawn carriage马拉的马车
- 2.baby carriage婴儿车
- 3.railway carriage火车车厢
- 4.carriage return回车（换行）
Example Sentences
- 1.
The bride arrived in a horse-drawn carriage.
- 2.
We found seats in the last carriage of the train.
- 3.
She walks with the upright carriage of a dancer.