| 词汇 | chariot |
| 释义 | chariot noun[ C ] uk /ˈtʃær.i.ət/ us /ˈtʃer.i.ət/ a two-wheeled vehicle that was used in ancient times for racing and fighting and was pulled by a horse or horses（古时用于比赛或战争的）双轮马车 De Agostini / Biblioteca Ambrosiana/ De Agostini Picture Library/GettyImages Carriages & carts brougham buggy carriage carryall cart chaise chuckwagon coupe dogcart dray gig horse-drawn horsebox musher ox-drawn popemobile sedan chair surrey trishaw wagon Around 2000 BCE the Egyptians started using spokes on their chariot wheels. By 500 BCE, many types of wheeled vehicles were in use, from fast chariots to large, slow carts. Chariot races were an important part of the Greek Olympic Games. The Ancient Greeks and Romans loved watching high-speed chariot races. There were fast chariots to fight in wars, slow carts to carry food and other goods, and comfortable carriages for rich people to get around in. Chariots, drawn by four horses and containing soldiers armed with spears and javelins and archers, were much in use. From one of these chariots alighted several venerable men, their hair whitened with age. His chariot was overturned "with a hideous crash" at such danger to himself, "that he did not believe he should ever hazard himself again in any sort of wheel carriage." So saying, Pluto pulled at the reins, and stopped the chariot right between the tall, massive pillars of the gateway. They walked along the road where once they used to ride in their chariot. chariot | American Dictionarychariot noun[ C ] us/ˈtʃær·i·ət/ a two-wheeled vehicle pulled by a horse, used in ancient times by the military and in racing Examples of chariotchariot Here, fragments of a group of polychrome figurines in frit were discovered, representing two male figures, a horse's head and a chariot. Then, with musicians and attendants, she too boarded her chariot. Others were jostling for a chance of pulling the chariot, for this is deemed to be an act of religious merit. The dance was halted twice when the chariots passed. It seems, therefore, that in the strategies of display of which these tombs testify, chariot scenes were not of importance. His chapter on gambling is the best (practically the only) modern account and includes a convincing reconstruction of how to bet on the chariot races. There were presumably catwalks from which performers mounted chariots and cloud machines, but at what heights we can only guess. Only two of the amphoroid kraters from funerary contexts showed chariot scenes. The most frequent theme, however, is the chariot scene, showing a two-wheeled chariot, usually accompanied by a procession of men (figure 7). One of the earliest images of the self was that of a chariot. One can plausibly sing while flying through the air in a divine chariot. A little while after the chariots passed the first time, it began to rain. He is put on horses, on chariots, on thrones. The king bowed respectfully to the goddess in red as she rode her chariot drawn by devotees to see the festival. It also transformed aspects of the play's content: this was no mythical world where flying chariots could rescue heroes. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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