dogsled

dogsled — noun

1. a vehicle with long narrow blades fixed underneath, pulled by dogs, that carries

1.名詞B1
釋義

a vehicle with long narrow blades fixed underneath, pulled by dogs, that carries people or goods across snow and ice, especially in cold northern regions such as Alaska, Canada, and Siberia

例句

Hao and his team trained eight huskies to pull their dogsled across the frozen lake.

collocation: pull + dogsled

Every winter, tourists in Alaska can take a dogsled ride through the snowy wilderness.

collocation: take a dogsled ride

同義詞
  • sled

    a more general term; a sled can be pulled by animals, machines, or gravity, while a dogsled is specifically pulled by dogs

  • dogsledge

    alternative spelling more common in British English; same meaning

文法句型

a dogsled

by dogsled

用法筆記

Frequently used in compounds such as dogsled race, dogsled tour, and dogsled team. The verb form (to dogsled) is uncommon and mostly limited to informal or descriptive writing.

常見錯誤

❌We went on a dogsled in the park' (implies a paved park).
✅We went on a dogsled across the frozen river.
💡Dogsleds are only used on snow or ice.