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单词 hansom cab
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hansom cab
noun[C]
uk
/ˈhæn.səm ˌkæb/us
/ˈhæn.səm ˌkæb/
a two-wheeledvehiclepulledby ahorse, used like ataxiin the past:
Shewriggledfurtherinto thecornerof the hansomcab, andtuckedhercoataround her.
In 1885 you couldhaila hansomcaband get to anyplacein London.
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  • A hansomcabdrewup at the end of thestreet.
  • Horse-drawn hansomcabswere theforerunnerof themotorisedtaxithoughtheiroperationoverlappedfor manyyears.
  • Herpaternalgreat-grandfather had a hansomcabandstablesbusiness.
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(Definition ofhansom cabfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
hansom cab
noun[C]
uk
/ˈhæn.səm ˌkæb/us
/ˈhæn.səm ˌkæb/
a two-wheeledcarriagepulledby ahorse, used like ataxiin the past
（旧时的）双轮双座马车

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The poor have suffered for a very long time from having to use thehansomcab.
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It was as dependent on the horsebus—thehansomcaband the dray—as it was on the passenger and goods trains.
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It emanates from the days when the terms "master"and"servant" were commonly used, and when horse and cart orhansomcabwere the means of transport.
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I have driven every sort of carriage from ahansomcabto a four-in-hand for pleasure and hire, both in town and country.
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I would suggest that in this age of sputniks and space travel amateur legislation is as outdated and outmoded as thehansomcab.
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Thehansomcabhad to go, and the taxi cab has taken its place.
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Many street names are fixed at a height more suitable for the days when a driver was probably driving ahansomcab.
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The formal declaration of a conventional war now seems almost as archaic and old-fashioned as thehansomcab.
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They were more arrogant than the railway promoters prophesying the ruin of the stage coaches, or the motor makers contemplating the doom of thehansomcab.
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I would only add that if we had had international transport 50 years ago thehansomcaband the omnibus industries would be the biggest industries in the world to-day.
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Not far from him, the driver of ahansomcabis having trouble with a stubborn horse.
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The "cab" of taxi-cab orhansomcabis a shortening of "cabriolet".
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I have noticed it in connection with hansom cabs.
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If he had thought the same thing about the manufacture of hansom cabs in the 18th century we would, presumably, still have an industry for the manufacture of hansom cabs.
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It included a safety device found in hansom cabs to stop passengers from falling out of the vehicle in the event of a sudden halt.
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