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词汇 brougham
释义 brougham
noun[ C ]
uk /bruːm/ us /bruːm/
a light carriage(= a road vehicle pulled by horses that was used in the past) with four wheels and a roof, and an open seat for the driver at the front: 有篷四轮马车
The brougham was already waiting for us at the front door.
Carriages passed, mostly two-horse broughams.
 
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He descended the steps to his brougham.
A high narrow brougham with a pair of grey horses stood before the front door.
On her wedding day, she stepped into the brougham which had arrived to take her to church.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Carriages & carts
buggy
carriage
carryall
cart
chaise
chuckwagon
coupe
dogcart
dray
gig
horse-drawn
horsebox
musher
ox-drawn
popemobile
sedan chair
stagecoach
surrey
trishaw
wagon
Examples from literature

A brougham and pair of grays, under the glare of a gas-lamp, stood before the doctor's door. 
He ordered his brougham, but almost immediately countermanded the order. 
She drove down to meet him in the little brougham that was now established in the stables. 
She waited on the pavement for her brougham to come up. 
The doctor's brougham, coming at full speed, drew up suddenly at the door. 

Examples of brougham


brougham
A brougham or cab will have to pay 28.
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A variant, called a brougham-landaulet, had a top collapsible from the rear doors backward.
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Examples of gigs, swamp drays, drags, broughams, phaetons, bakers' carts, surreys, expresses, rigs, sociables, governess carts, night carts and milk carts are exhibited.
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Similar in style to the later town car, the brougham style was used on chauffeur-driven petrol and electric cars.
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Three closed-body models were proposed: a four-passenger brougham, a five-passenger sedan and a town car.
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As he alighted from his brougham, his instructions to the coachman startled the horse, which reared and knocked him over.
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The sisters preferred to ride in their old one-horse brougham long after motor cars became commonplace.
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He was the designer of the brougham, a four-wheeled, horse-drawn style of carriage that bears his name.
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Variants were planned, including a four-passenger touring car and a two-passenger roadter, plus closed-body styles comprising a coupe, a four-passenger brougham and a five-passenger sedan.
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There is a brougham, a 19th-century gentleman's light one-horse carriage.
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A brougham called a brougham-landaulet had a top collapsible from the rear doors backward.
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Aside from the standard and brougham models produced in all five years, sportier models were also built.
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The engine would also have to be mounted under the car to give the appearance of a town brougham and so needed to be very shallow.
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