by stagecoach
by 与交通工具连用表示出行方式时,名词前不加冠词,也不用复数。
In the 1800s, people often traveled by stagecoach from town to town.
在19世纪,人们常常乘公共马车从一个城镇到另一个城镇。
公共马车
a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns
公共马车
n. a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns
In the old western movie, the stagecoach carried passengers across the dusty plains.
在那部老西部电影里,公共马车载着乘客穿过尘土飞扬的平原。
用法提示:此处 stagecoach 为单数名词,指旧时运载乘客的公共马车。
The museum displayed a restored stagecoach from the 1800s.
博物馆展出了一辆修复过的十九世纪公共马车。
用法提示:stagecoach 是名词,在本句中作宾语,指修复的古董公共马车。
Traveling by stagecoach was slow and bumpy in the past.
过去乘公共马车旅行既缓慢又颠簸。
用法提示:这里 stagecoach 作为介词 by 的宾语,表示乘坐公共马车这种交通方式。
by 与交通工具连用表示出行方式时,名词前不加冠词,也不用复数。
In the 1800s, people often traveled by stagecoach from town to town.
在19世纪,人们常常乘公共马车从一个城镇到另一个城镇。
take 后接 a/the stagecoach 表示“乘坐公共马车”;特指某班次时用 the,泛指时用 a。
We took a stagecoach from London to Bath.
我们乘公共马车从伦敦去巴斯。
用 from...to... 说明公共马车的运行线路;stagecoach 是可数名词,前面需要限定词。
A stagecoach from London to Bath took about ten hours.
从伦敦到巴斯的公共马车大约需要十个小时。
coach 是最常用同义词,但也可指其他类型的四轮马车;在强调‘定期线路’时不如 stagecoach 精确。
mail coach 特指运输邮件的马车,若语境未提及邮件或只强调客运,替换会改变含义。
carriage 是非常宽泛的词,几乎可指任何马拉载人车辆;用它替换 stagecoach 会丢失‘公共’和‘定期’的含义,仅适合不强调这些特点的描述。
grammar · medium
易错句子There were three stagecoachs heading west.
正确表达There were three stagecoaches heading west.
名词 stagecoach 的复数形式应遵循 coach 的变化规则,以 -ch 结尾的名词一般加 -es,因此应写为 stagecoaches,而不是直接在词尾加 -s。
grammar · medium
易错句子The tourists traveled by a stagecoach through the valley.
正确表达The tourists traveled by stagecoach through the valley.
表示乘坐某种交通工具时,英语习惯用 by + 交通工具(如 by bus, by train),名词前不加冠词;说 by a stagecoach 不符合这一语法习惯。
coach泛指马拉的四轮客车,也可指现代长途汽车或教练;stagecoach专指旧时按固定路线在城镇间定期运送乘客和邮件的公共马车。若语境是历史定班公共马车,用stagecoach;说私人马车或现代大巴则用coach。
carriage是任何马拉载人车辆的通称,不分公私或线路;stagecoach是一种大型封闭公共马车,按固定路线定时运行,并兼运邮件。要强调“定班公共马车”时用stagecoach,一般说“马车”则用carriage。
公共马车车夫
The stagecoach driver stopped to change horses.
公共马车车夫停下来换马。
公共马车线路
The old stagecoach route crossed the desert.
旧的公共马车线路穿过沙漠。
乘公共马车旅行
They traveled by stagecoach across the prairie.
他们乘公共马车穿越草原。
抢劫公共马车的强盗
The stagecoach robber was captured after a chase.
那名抢劫公共马车的强盗在追捕后被抓获。
公共马车驿站
The stagecoach station was a small inn.
那个公共马车驿站是一家小旅馆。
复合词:stage(路段/驿站) + coach(四轮马车);无前缀/后缀。相关词:stage(阶段;驿站)、coach(长途客车;教练)、stagecoaches(stagecoach 的复数)。
驿站马车由多匹马牵引,马是其主要动力来源。
驿站马车曾用于在城镇之间运送乘客和邮件。
驿站马车的主要用途之一是搭载乘客长途旅行。
驿站马车按固定路线在城镇之间定期行驶。
车夫负责驾驶驿站马车并照看马匹。
《关山飞渡》
Stagecoach (1939), directed by John Ford, is a landmark Western that made John Wayne a star.
1939年由约翰·福特执导的《关山飞渡》是一部里程碑式的西部片,也让约翰·韦恩成为明星。
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