clarence
clarence — 名詞
1. an old type of horse-drawn carriage that has four wheels, an enclosed cabin for
克拉倫斯馬車
十九世紀有頂蓋的四輪載客馬車
an old type of horse-drawn carriage that has four wheels, an enclosed cabin for passengers, and an open driver's bench at the front, used in 19th-century cities for hire or private transport.
Cyrus stepped down from the clarence and helped his grandmother onto the pavement.
Cyrus 從克拉倫斯馬車上走下來,扶著祖母站到人行道上。
step down from + clarence: arrival scene
The museum has a polished black clarence parked beside its Victorian sleigh.
博物館裡有一台擦得發亮的黑色克拉倫斯馬車,停在維多利亞時期的雪橇旁邊。
adjective + clarence: colour and material
In old London, a hired clarence was cheaper than a private coach but slower than a hansom.
在從前的倫敦,租一台克拉倫斯馬車比私人馬車便宜,但比雙輪馬車慢。
Beatrix wrote that the family rode to the wedding in a clarence drawn by two grey horses.
Beatrix 寫道,全家是搭一台由兩匹灰馬拉的克拉倫斯馬車去參加婚禮的。
用法筆記
A historical term — almost never used about modern vehicles. You will mainly meet it in 19th-century novels, museum captions, or articles on transport history. The plural is 'clarences'.