carriage

carriage
noun
  1. a means of conveyance, in particular
    运输工具,尤指
    ■(Brit.)any of the separate sections of a train that carry passengers
    (英)火车客车厢
    the first-class carriages.
    头等车厢。
    ■a four-wheeled passenger vehicle pulled by two or more horses
    (由两匹或以上的马所拉的)四轮马车
    a horse-drawn carriage.
    一辆四轮马车。
    ■a wheeled support for moving a heavy object such as a gun
    轮架(如炮架)
  2. [mass noun](Brit.)the conveying of items or merchandise from one place to another
    (英)货运
    ■the cost of such a procedure
    货运费
    only £16.95 including VAT and carriage.
    仅为16.95英镑,包括增值税和运费。
  3. a moving part of a machine that carries other parts into the required position
    (机器的)滑动承载部分,移动托架
    a typewriter carriage.
    打字机滑架。
  4. [in sing.]a person's bearing or deportment
    (人的)仪态,举止,姿势
    her carriage was graceful, her movements quick and deft.
    她举止优雅,行动迅捷。
  5. [mass noun]the harbouring of a potentially disease-causing organism by a person or animal that does not contract the disease
    带菌者
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Old Northern French cariage, from carier (see carry)
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