tumbrel

英 ['tʌmbrəl] 美 ['tʌmbrəl]

• n. 农车；施肥车；二轮弹药车

英英释义

Noun:

1. a farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution

经典引文

• Like a slain deer, the tumbrel brings him home.

  出自： W. Cowper

• I wish you'd been in that audience. I could hear the tumbrels coming for me.

  出自： fig.

近反义词

【近义词】

• tumbril 双轮运货车