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词汇 sedan-chair
释义 sedan chair
noun[ C ]
uk /sɪˈdæn ˌtʃeər/ us /sɪˈdæn ˌtʃer/
in the past, a seat for one person surrounded by walls and with horizontal poles at either side, designed to be lifted and carried by two people(旧时的)轿子
 
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Examples of sedan chair


sedan chair
The widow was confronted by an abducting party with a sedanchair ready to take her away.
Yes—bring back the sedanchair.
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The "sedia gestatoria" is an elaborate variation on the sedanchair.
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Around the court, she was carried in a sedanchair, or used a wheelchair.
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Sometimes petitioners would throw their bodies in front of a sedanchair of the high official.
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They are carried by porters on staves, like a litter or sedanchair, and are usually followed or escorted by a band.
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The rickshaw and sedanchair vied for customers depending on their budget, haste, or terrain to be negotiated.
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A very wealthy nobleman, attended by jockeys, huntsmen, a large sedanchair with six porters, takes his seat.
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In the background, two men carrying a sedanchair pause for drink, while the passenger remains wedged inside, her large hoop skirt pinning her in place.
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The body is placed on a sedanchair and carried to the funeral ground in a procession of lamas and the common people of the village.
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In those days they had not invented sedan chairs.
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Presumably before that there were sedan chairs.
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They were simple sedan chairs.
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Carriages, coaches, sleds and sedan chairs are presented in an open building.
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It was rebuilt in 1901 as a stop area for sedan chairs, but was re-opened as a restaurant in 1947.
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