horse-cart

horse-cart — noun

1. a simple vehicle with two or four wheels that is pulled by a horse and was tradi

1.名詞B1
釋義

a simple vehicle with two or four wheels that is pulled by a horse and was traditionally used on farms to carry crops, supplies, or other heavy loads

例句

The farmer loaded the hay onto the horse-cart before sunset.

load + onto + a horse-cart

In the museum, visitors can see an old horse-cart from the 1800s.

visitors can see — present tense for museum display

同義詞
  • cart

    a more general term; not all carts are pulled by horses

  • wagon

    usually has four wheels and is larger, used for heavier loads

  • dray

    a specific type of low, strong cart for heavy barrels or goods; less common in general English

文法句型

a horse-cart

horse-carts

用法筆記

This word is most common in historical writing or descriptions of rural life. In modern everyday conversation, it is used less often than the simpler word 'cart' or the compound 'horse-drawn cart'.

常見錯誤

❌There were two horse-cart in the field.
✅There were two horse-carts in the field.
💡'horse-cart' is a countable noun and needs a plural -s.
❌She rode in a horse-cart carriage.
✅She rode in a horse-cart.
💡Adding 'carriage' is redundant; a horse-cart is already a type of vehicle.