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droshky

/drosh-kee/US // ˈdrɒʃ ki //UK // (ˈdrɒʃkɪ) //

滴水不漏,滴滴,滴水成河,滴滴出行

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural drosh·kies.

    • : a light, low, four-wheeled, open vehicle used mainly in Russia, in which the passengers sit astride or sideways on a long, narrow bench.
    • : any of various other carriages, used mainly in Russia.

Examples

  • We were driven over in a troika, or droshky, with one horse trotting in the middle and one on each side, in full gallop.

  • Another time you order the racing droshky to be got out, and set off to the forest to shoot woodcock.

  • My belongings are put on another droshky, skilfully fitted together like an elaborate mosaic.

  • The depths beneath must be great, for sometimes my droshky is nearly submerged, and the lava-like stream floods our small vehicle.

  • His lower half, however, was discovered by his sister convulsively pressed against the side of the droshky.