cartn. 1.?farm-cart used for carrying away the corn afterharvest(收獲時裝載谷物的)農(nóng)事用車。 ?cart used for thepublic exposure and punishment of prostitutes (載著妓女游街示眾所用的)車。 △As.3.2.114(107):“They thatreap must sheaf and bind,/Then to cart with Rosa-lind.”收割的糧食必須一束一束捆得緊,裝車時可不能忘記捎上羅薩琳。(按:Touchstone這話表層意思說的是農(nóng)家收割,同時也雙關(guān)著第二種意思開玩笑。) 2. i.e. hangman’s cart proceeding to the gallows,tumbrel大車,(指)刑車,死囚押送車。 △1H.Ⅳ.2.4.553(496):“If I become not a cart as well as another man,a plague on my bringing up!”要是我坐在刑車上不像任何別人那樣神氣,就讓我的教養(yǎng)遭瘟去吧! cart draws the horse,the: i.e.there is something ob- viously wrong or preposterous. 車子拉馬,(意謂)事情明顯荒謬或顛倒。 △Lr.1.4.246 (223): “May not an ass(i.e. a fool) know when the cart draws the horse?” i.e. when a daughter gives instructions to her royalfather instead of her father his daughter. 車子拉起馬來了,一頭蠢驢能看不出嗎?
cartvt. carry through the streets as a public exposure把…裝上大車游街示眾。 △Shr.1.1.55: “To cart herrather.”倒不如把她裝在大車上游游街。 cart[kɑ:t]n. 大車,手推車 v. 載運(yùn),運(yùn)輸 ◇ in the cart 處于困境 put the cart before the horse 本末倒置 ‖ cartage n. 貨車運(yùn)貨,貨車運(yùn)貨費(fèi) cartage contractor 陸運(yùn)承包商 cartage department 搬運(yùn)處 cartage note 運(yùn)費(fèi)單,搬運(yùn)許可證 cartage order (local transport)短途貨運(yùn)單 cartage port 駁船港 cartage service 搬運(yùn)業(yè)務(wù),陸運(yùn)服務(wù) cartage undertaking 搬運(yùn)業(yè) carter n. 趕大車者 |