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stagecoach
公共马车
核心释义
a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns
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公共马车
n. a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns
用法In use
In the old western movie, the stagecoach carried passengers across the dusty plains.
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.
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.
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 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。
take a/the stagecoach
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。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- stagecoach driver
- 公共马车车夫
- The stagecoach driver stopped to change horses.公共马车车夫停下来换马。
- stagecoach route
- 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。
- travel by stagecoach
- 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。
- stagecoach robber
- 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。
- stagecoach station
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
stage(一段路程/驿站)+ coach(马车):联想驿站之间一段段接力的公共马车,载客送信。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:history books、western films、museum exhibits 该词指旧时定期往返城镇、运载乘客和邮件的公共马车,通常用于历史叙述或西部题材作品中,属于中性常用词,并不限于正式场合。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
stage、cage、page 的 /eɪdʒ/ 与 stagecoach /ˈsteɪdʒkəʊtʃ/ 重读的第一音节 stage 读音相同;coach、poach、approach 的 /əʊtʃ/ 彼此押韵,但 stagecoach 的重音在前半部分,所以它们并不与整个 stagecoach 押韵。注意 couch /kaʊtʃ/ 拼写像 coach,但读音不同。
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