cart

noun

/kɑːt/

/kɑːrt/

Idioms

a vehicle with two or four wheels that is pulled by a horse and used for carrying loads（两轮或四轮）运货马车
- Milk was delivered by horse and cart in those days.那时牛奶是用马车运送的。
see also golf cart
- She brought the vegetables in an ox cart.她用牛车运来蔬菜。
- The cart creaked on up the street.大车在街上嘎吱作响。
- A dusty cart track ran along the valley floor.一条布满灰尘的马车道沿着山谷地面延伸。
- An ox cart made its way through the village.牛车穿过了村庄。
- The only form of transport was a donkey cart.唯一的交通工具是驴车。
- They loaded the cart with their possessions.他们把自己的物品装上了手推车。
- They piled their furniture onto a cart.他们把家具堆放到畜力车上。
- Jump in the back of my cart.跳到我的马车后座上来吧。
- The bundles were slung onto the back of a cart.那几捆东西扔到了马车的后部。
Topics Transport by car or lorryb2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- heavy
- horse-drawn
- bullock
- …
verb + cart
- drive
- draw
- pull
- …
cart + verb
- roll
- clatter
- creak
- …
cart + noun
- driver
- track
preposition
- by cart
- in a/the cart
- on a/the cart
- …
phrases
- the back of a cart
- a horse and cart
- a pony and cart
- …
(also handcart)
a light vehicle with wheels that you pull or push by hand手推车；手拉车
- a man wheeling an ice-cream cart along推着冰激凌车的男人
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- golf
- ice-cream
- grocery
- …
verb + cart
- push
- trundle
- wheel
- …
(North American English)
(British English trolley)
a small vehicle with wheels that can be pushed or pulled along and is used for carrying things手推车；手拉车
- a baggage cart行李车
- a serving cart上菜手推车
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- golf
- ice-cream
- grocery
- …
verb + cart
- push
- trundle
- wheel
- …
(also shopping cart)
(especially North American English)
(British English basket)
a facility on a website that records the items that you select to buy（购物网站上的）购物车，购物篮
- Add to cart.加入购物车。
Topics Sports: ball and racket sportsc1

词源Middle English: from Old Norse kartr, probably influenced by Anglo-Norman French and Old Northern French carete, diminutive of carre, based on Latin carrum, carrus, of Celtic origin.

Idioms

put the cart before the horse

to put or do things in the wrong order本末倒置；因果倒置

cart

verb

/kɑːt/

/kɑːrt/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they cart	/kɑːt/ /kɑːrt/
he / she / it carts	/kɑːts/ /kɑːrts/
past simple carted	/ˈkɑːtɪd/ /ˈkɑːrtɪd/
past participle carted	/ˈkɑːtɪd/ /ˈkɑːrtɪd/
-ing form carting	/ˈkɑːtɪŋ/ /ˈkɑːrtɪŋ/

Idioms

cart something (+ adv./prep.) to carry something in a cart or other vehicle用马车运送；用车装运
- The rubbish is then carted away for recycling.垃圾接着被运去作回收处理。
cart something + adv./prep. (informal) to carry something that is large or heavy or difficult to carry用手提（笨重物品）
- We had to cart our luggage up six flights of stairs.我们得把行李提着上六段楼梯。
- We had to cart our bags up eight flights of stairs.我们不得不把行李推上八层楼梯。
- They carted the logs back up to the house.他们把木头搬回房子。
cart somebody + adv./prep. (informal) to take somebody somewhere, especially with difficulty强行带走；抓走
- The demonstrators were carted off to the local police station.示威游行者被强行带到当地的警察局。
- I was unconscious and had to be carted off to a hospital.我失去了知觉，不得不被送到医院。
- He was yelling and shouting as they carted him away.当他们把他拖走时，他不停地喊叫。
- Convicted criminals were carted about the streets.被定罪的罪犯被押送到街上。

词源Middle English: from Old Norse kartr, probably influenced by Anglo-Norman French and Old Northern French carete, diminutive of carre, based on Latin carrum, carrus, of Celtic origin.

Idioms

upset the apple cart

to cause problems for somebody or cause their plans, arrangements, etc. to fail 购物车：给某人造成问题或使他们的计划，安排等失败