sedan

sedan — noun

1. a closed four-wheel motor vehicle with a separate trunk at the rear, room for a

1.名詞B1
釋義

a closed four-wheel motor vehicle with a separate trunk at the rear, room for a driver and up to four riders, and sold in both two-door and four-door styles

例句

Andrés bought a used sedan for his daily commute to work.

collocation: used sedan / buy a sedan

Talia's family sedan has enough room for five passengers and their suitcases.

collocation: family sedan

同義詞
  • saloon

    British English term for the same type of car

  • four-door car

    descriptive phrase emphasising the number of doors

反義詞
  • coupe

    typically has two doors and a lower roofline

  • SUV

    sport utility vehicle with higher ground clearance and more cargo space

用法筆記

In British English, this type of car is more commonly called a saloon.

常見錯誤

❌I drive a sedan car.
✅I drive a sedan.
💡Sedan already names the car type; adding 'car' is redundant.
❌A coupe has four doors like a sedan.
✅A coupe usually has two doors, while a sedan has four.
💡Coupe and sedan differ in door count and roofline.

2. a portable covered chair for one person, carried on long poles by two or more pe

2.名詞C1
釋義

a portable covered chair for one person, carried on long poles by two or more people, used in past centuries as a form of transport

例句

The museum display shows a sedan chair once used by a wealthy merchant in the 1700s.

collocation: sedan chair

Servants carried Soraya's grandmother in a sedan chair through the narrow streets of the old town.

passive pattern: be carried in a sedan chair

同義詞
  • litter

    a more general term; can be open or covered, for people or goods

  • palanquin

    an Asian covered litter, similar in design but culturally distinct

用法筆記

This sense is historical; the modern meaning refers almost exclusively to the car type (sense 1).

3. a city in northeastern France on the Meuse River, near the border with Belgium,

3.名詞
釋義

a city in northeastern France on the Meuse River, near the border with Belgium, known for the Battle of Sedan in 1870

例句

The Battle of Sedan in 1870 was a turning point in the Franco-Prussian War.

proper noun: Battle of Sedan

Sedan lies on the Meuse River, close to the border with Belgium.

用法筆記

This is a place name, not a common noun. It is the historical origin of the car-type name (sense 1), as sedan chairs were associated with the city.