1. (舊時(shí)的)馬車(chē),木車(chē) A cart is an old-fashioned wooden vehicle that is used for transporting goods or people. Some carts are pulled by animals.
cart的近義詞
e.g. ...a country where horse-drawn carts far outnumber cars. 馬車(chē)的數量遠遠超過(guò)汽車(chē)的國家
2. (常指費力地)運送,運輸,拉 If you cart things or people somewhere, you carry them or transport them there, often with difficulty.
e.g. After both their parents died, one of their father's relatives carted off the entire contents of the house... 他們父母都去世后,父親這邊的一個(gè)親戚把他們家里的東西全都拉走了。 e.g. One of them protests loudly, and the Americans cart him away in plastic handcuffs... 其中有個(gè)人大聲抗議,美國人就把他銬上塑料手銬帶走了。
3. 小型機動(dòng)車(chē) A cart is a small vehicle with a motor.
e.g. Cars are prohibited, so transportation is by electric cart or by horse and buggy... 汽車(chē)禁行,所以運輸就靠電動(dòng)車(chē)或馬車(chē)。 e.g. He drove up in a golf cart to watch them. 他開(kāi)著(zhù)高爾夫球車(chē)上去看他們打球。
4. (超市等提供的)購物車(chē),手推車(chē) A cart or a shopping cart is a large metal basket on wheels which is provided by shops such as supermarkets for customers to use while they are in the shop.
in BRIT, use 英國英語(yǔ)用 trolley
5. 前后顛倒;本末倒置 If you say that someone is putting the cart before the horse, you mean that they are doing things in the wrong order.
e.g. This puts the cart before the horse; elections should follow, not precede, agreement on a constitution. 這樣做是本末倒置;選舉應該在憲法確定之后舉行,而不是之前。
cart英英釋義
noun
1. a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal
2. wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person may have one or two or four wheels
e.g. he used a handcart to carry the rocks away their pushcart was piled high with groceries