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a two-wheeledvehiclethat was used inancienttimesforracingandfightingand waspulledby ahorseorhorses (古时用于比赛或战争的)双轮马车![picture of chariot picture of chariot](https://dictionary.cambridge.org//images/thumb/chario_noun_002_06371.jpg?version=5.0.287) De Agostini / Biblioteca Ambrosiana/ De Agostini Picture Library/GettyImages SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesCarriages & carts - brougham
- buggy
- carriage
- carryall
- chaise
- chuckwagon
- coupe
- covered wagon
- dray
- gig
- horsebox
- ox-drawn
- popemobile
- sedan chair
- stagecoach
- surrey
- trap
- trishaw
- tuktuk
- wagon
See more results » (Definition ofchariotfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)- Around 2000 BCE the Egyptians started using spokes on their chariot wheels.
- By 500 BCE, many types of wheeled vehicles were in use, from fast chariots to large, slow carts.
- Chariot races were an important part of the Greek Olympic Games.
- The Ancient Greeks and Romans loved watching high-speed chariot races.
- There were fast chariots to fight in wars, slow carts to carry food and other goods, and comfortable carriages for rich people to get around in.
- Chariots, drawn by four horses and containing soldiers armed with spears and javelins and archers, were much in use.
- From one of these chariots alighted several venerable men, their hair whitened with age.
- His chariot was overturned "with a hideous crash" at such danger to himself, "that he did not believe he should ever hazard himself again in any sort of wheel carriage."
- So saying, Pluto pulled at the reins, and stopped the chariot right between the tall, massive pillars of the gateway.
- They walked along the road where once they used to ride in their chariot.
chariot| American Dictionarya two-wheeledvehiclepulledby ahorse, used inancienttimesby themilitaryand inracing (Definition ofchariotfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)Examplesofchariotchariot Here, fragments of a group of polychrome figurines in frit were discovered, representing two male figures, a horse's head and achariot.From theCambridge English Corpus Then, with musicians and attendants, she too boarded herchariot.From theCambridge English Corpus Others were jostling for a chance of pulling thechariot, for this is deemed to be an act of religious merit.From theCambridge English Corpus The dance was halted twice when the chariots passed.From theCambridge English Corpus It seems, therefore, that in the strategies of display of which these tombs testify,chariotscenes were not of importance.From theCambridge English Corpus His chapter on gambling is the best (practically the only) modern account and includes a convincing reconstruction of how to bet on thechariotraces.From theCambridge English Corpus There were presumably catwalks from which performers mounted chariots and cloud machines, but at what heights we can only guess.From theCambridge English Corpus Only two of the amphoroid kraters from funerary contexts showedchariotscenes.From theCambridge English Corpus The most frequent theme, however, is thechariotscene, showing a two-wheeledchariot, usually accompanied by a procession of men (figure 7).From theCambridge English Corpus One of the earliest images of the self was that of achariot.From theCambridge English Corpus One can plausibly sing while flying through the air in a divinechariot.From theCambridge English Corpus A little while after the chariots passed the first time, it began to rain.From theCambridge English Corpus He is put on horses, on chariots, on thrones.From theCambridge English Corpus The king bowed respectfully to the goddess in red as she rode herchariotdrawn by devotees to see the festival.From theCambridge English Corpus It also transformed aspects of the play's content: this was no mythical world where flying chariots could rescue heroes.From theCambridge English Corpus 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. #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/chariot## |