tumbril
n. 双轮运货车, 施肥车
例句与用法:
The puppies were tumbling about on the floor.
小狗在地板上打著滚。
The old barn we bought to convert into flats was practically tumbling down.
那个旧谷仓我们买下想改建住房的,实际上已经快塌了。
The breakers came tumbling onto the shore.
浪涛滚滚而来拍打著岸边。
The little girl stared at the little cats tumbling over each other in their basket.
小女孩凝视着在篮子里互相翻来滚去的小猫。
词形变化:
异体字: tumbril |
n.
1. 运肥车
2. (法国大革命时代载犯人到断头台的)死囚押送车
tumbriltumbriln.1.■双轮运货车,施肥车
tumbril[ˈtʌmbr(ə)l, -brɪl](亦作 tumbrel)noun- (historical)an open cart that tilted backwards to empty out its load, in particular one used to convey condemned prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution
(史)(尤指法国革命时期押送犯人去断头台的)翻卸式无篷车
■a two-wheeled covered cart which carried tools or ammunition for an army
军用两轮篷车(用来运输工具、弹药)
语源- Middle English (originally denoting a type of cucking-stool): from Old French tomberel, from tomber 'to fall'
tumbril
名词 tumbril:
a farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution
同义词:tumbrel
tumbril
■but at last one of the commanders pushed an army over the pass by forced marches, and for three days horse and foot , cannon and tumbril, drum and standard, kept pouring downward past the mill.
于是一连3天,人、马、旗、鼓、大炮、弹药车,不断地经过磨房向山下涌去。
■He mounted both the tumbril and scaffold with him.
他和他一同上囚车,一同上断头台。
■A man condemned to death is listening to his confessor in the tumbrel.
巴黎的孩子嚷了起来:“他和吃教门饭的讲话。
■The artist sketched the queen, by then aged 37, as she passed by his window in a tumbrel, hair cut short and hands tied behind her back, ready for the guillotine.
画中时年37岁的王后头发被剪短,双手反绑,坐在死囚押送车里,路过画家窗前赶赴断头台。
■The second tumbril empties and moves on;the third comes up.
第二辆囚车下完了人走掉了,第三辆开了上来。
■He too entered retirement not on a tumbril but in a limousine, with $160m to soothe his discomfort.
美林为此付给奥尼尔1.6亿美元补偿金,所以在退休之后他大可以开豪华轿车而不是拖拉机。
■he stands at the back of the tumbril with his head bent down, to converse with a mere girl who sits on the side of the cart, and holds his hand.
那人站在囚车后部低头在跟一个姑娘谈话。 那站娘坐在囚车的一侧,握住他的手。