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)
[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。
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。
[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。
[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
late Middle English: from Old Northern French cariage, from carier (see carry)