brougham
/broo-uhm, broom, broh-uhm/US // ˈbru əm, brum, ˈbroʊ əm //UK // (ˈbruːəm, bruːm) //
奔驰汽车,奔驰车,奔驰宝马,奔驰
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a four-wheeled, boxlike, closed carriage for two or four persons, having the driver's perch outside.
- : Automotive. a limousine having an open driver's compartment.an early type of automobile resembling a coupé, often powered by an electric motor.
Examples
The Frenchman shrugged his shoulders as he stepped into his perfectly-appointed but funereal-looking little brougham.
Nevertheless, they had spoken to no one, and on the fall of the curtain had entered a brougham in waiting and driven off.
Jessie hesitated just a minute to make quite sure that she had her permit in her pocket, when a two-horse brougham dashed up.
Maxwell lounged away, and Jessie passed quickly along as the countess came down the steps and stepped into her brougham.
She has a flat at three hundred pounds, an electric brougham, a box at the opera, and a little place at Henley.
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