brougham

英 ['bruː(ə)m] 美 ['bruəm]

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brougham 四轮单马马车

因19世纪苏格兰法官Brougham订做该类型马车而得名。

brougham: brougham: [19] A brougham was a fourwheeled one-horse carriage. It was named after Henry Peter Brougham, first Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778–1868), British Whig politician, jurist, and educational reformer, who designed the original brougham in 1838.
brougham (n.): 1851, one-horse closed carriage with two or four wheels, for two or four persons, from first Lord Brougham (1778-1868). The family name is from a place in Westmoreland.

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1. Then there had been the pleasurable excitement of choosing a showy grey stepper for May's brougham.: 后来为了给梅的马车选一匹体面的灰色快马,他愉快地激动了一阵.

2. She watched us with a sardonic eye as we stepped from the brougham.: 她用一种蔑视的眼光瞧着我们从四轮马车里下来.