词汇 | dray |
释义 | dray noun[ C ] uk /dreɪ/ us /dreɪ/ a large, low carriage with four wheels, pulled by horses(车身大而低的)马拉板车,平板大车 Carriages & carts brougham buggy carriage carryall cart chaise chuckwagon coupe dogcart gig horse-drawn horsebox musher ox-drawn popemobile sedan chair stagecoach surrey trishaw wagon A hundred times he had to step quickly to avoid hand truck, or dray, or laden wagon. Drays were provided to carry our luggage, but we ourselves had to walk. Everything was still on the streets except the clatter of the milk carts, and the early drays and huckster wagons. The clang of the trolleys, the rumble of the drays, the rushing of the people! The drays joined us early, having performed an immense distance yesterday. Examples of draydray A dray makes its way along the drive towards the place where it is to pick up the milk. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When we have a racehorse, we do not think of using it to pull a dray. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was told that it was to drive into the town with a dray laden with cider. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was as dependent on the horsebus—the hansom cab and the dray—as it was on the passenger and goods trains. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The driver of a two-horse dray, driving at a furious speed, does the same thing and is not guilty of a crime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Dray-cote is one that is being planned with full recreational facilities from the start. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In those days road safety—yes, one could be knocked over by a dray—was not the issue that it is today. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 With a blind pony on the top in a cart or dray the driver has a pair of reins and can drive the horse straight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It started raining while the men who had been transferring the flour from a railway truck to a dray were away at lunch, and they had not covered the bags. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Examples of gigs, swamp drays, drags, broughams, phaetons, bakers' carts, surreys, expresses, rigs, sociables, governess carts, night carts and milk carts are exhibited. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In early days the flexible two-wheeled dray, with a centre pole and narrow iron tyres was commonly used. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Paired horse drays were phased out by 1929. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The records show that there were normally six heavy horses which were used to pull the drays. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A dray cart, placed across the road, remained at the far end of the ambush site. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. At the brewery, he determined that local deliveries by horse drawn drays should continue into the 21st century. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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