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单词 carter
释义
carter
noun[C]
old use
uk
/ˈkɑː.tər/us
/ˈkɑːr.t̬ɚ/
apersonwhodrivesacart
赶车人；马车夫
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(Definition ofcarterfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • A carter comes along perhaps with a loaded waggon from some distance, and as he stays to drink his quart talks of the changes that are proceeding or imminent in his locality.
  • And so the pony was tied to the cart, and Terry was hoisted to a seat on the turf beside the carter.
  • The carts were laden with bundles of arrows, perhaps the same he had seen unloading that morning from the war-ship, and were accompanied only by carters.
  • The next morning early Harry went to a carter in the town, and hired a cart for the day, leaving a deposit for its safe return at night.
  • Unless continually greased the squeaking of such wheels is terrible, and the carters frequently forgot their grease-horns.

Examplesofcarter

carter
For carters and plumbers, as for lawyers, annual stipends are best regarded as retaining fees to ensure adequate service when it was required.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Also, a significant number worked as carmen, carters, carriers and draymen, which involved working with, and often living in close proximity to, animals.
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Traders were advised by cartage foremen, carters, motor drivers and the company's commercial representatives.
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My next door neighbour is acarterand his wife was unwell too.
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The reference to economies in town office arrangements probably means the discharge of many agents, clerks, porters and carters.
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As regards highly skilled agricultural labour, this applies mainly to wagoners or carters, and shepherds.
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I tried to persuade these carters to carry out their legitimate business and transport the goods to the railway station.
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But take some tenant, acarter, or a mason, or a labourer, who is looking forward to the end of his lease, trembling.
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Thecarterwas not actually ill-treating the horse.
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The mastercarteris interested in the docks as the fruits of his labour.
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I make bold to say that acarterput in charge of a valuable animal worth £50 is a responsible servant.
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By the very phrasing of their own letter they would issue their objection even to carters belonging to a trade union.
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Yet there were still a ¼million carters, cab drivers and bus drivers plying to and from the railway stations.
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Thecarteris fined, and the carting contractor pays the fine.
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You cannot take away the goods because there are no carters.
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