carriage

词源同car,carry。

carriage

carriage: [14] Carriage is literally ‘carrying’. It is an Old Northern French derivative of the verb carier, in the sense ‘transport in a vehicle’. At first it meant simply ‘conveyance’ in the abstract sense, but in the 15th century more concrete meaning began to emerge: ‘load, luggage’ (now obsolete) and ‘means of conveyance, vehicle’. By the 18th century the latter had become further specialized to ‘horse-drawn wheeled vehicle for carrying people’ (as opposed to goods).
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carriage (n.)

late 14c., "act of carrying, means of conveyance; wheeled vehicles collectively," from Anglo-French and Old North French cariage "cart, carriage, action of transporting in a vehicle" (Old French charriage, Modern French charriage), from carier "to carry" (see carry (v.)). Meaning "individual wheeled vehicle" is c. 1400; specific sense of "horse-drawn, wheeled vehicle for hauling people" first attested 1706; extended to railway cars by 1830. Meaning "way of carrying one's body" is 1590s. Carriage-house attested from 1761.

1. He sat in the corner of a second-class carriage.

他坐在一节二等车厢的角落里。

2. Her legs were long and fine, her hips slender, her carriage erect.

她长腿细臀，身姿笔直。

3. A carriage door struck him as a train drew into Basildon station.

当火车驶进巴斯尔登站时，一节车厢的门撞到他了。

4. I fought my way into a carriage just before the doors closed.

我刚挤进车厢，车门就关上了。

5. The conductor shambled to the next carriage.

售票员慵懒地拖着脚走向下一节车厢。