sedan

来自意大利语 sede,椅子，来自拉丁语 sedere,坐，词源同 sit,seat.引申词义轿子，小轿车。

sedan (n.)

1630s, "covered chair on poles," possibly from a southern Italian dialect derivative of Italian sede "chair" (compare Italian seggietta, 1590s; the thing itself was said to have been introduced from Naples), from Latin sedes, related to sedere "sit" (see sedentary). Since Johnson's conjecture, often derived from the town of Sedan in France, where it was said to have been made or first used, but historical evidence for this is lacking.

Introduced in England by Sir Sanders Duncombe in 1634 and first called a covered chair. "In Paris the sedan-chair man was usually an Auvergnat, in London an Irishman" ["Encyclopaedia Britannica," 1929]. Meaning "closed automobile seating four or more" first recorded 1912, American English.

1. The chauffeur turned the sedan about.

司机把轿车掉头.

2. My parents own a Ford sedan.

我父母有一辆“福特”牌轿车.

3. 'shall we hire a sedan - chair to take her home? "

“ 叫一顶轿子送她去 么 ? ”

4. Before five in the morning, the sedan bearers washed and cooked rice.

早晨不到五点钟, 轿夫们淘米煮饭.

5. Madam Wang and her five children quickly departed in three sedan - chairs.

于是四乘轿子带走了王氏和她的五个孩子(倩儿和带淑芳的杨奶妈也跟去了).