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horse-and-buggy

/hawrs-uhn-buhg-ee/US // ˈhɔrs ənˈbʌg i //

马车,马匹和吉普车,马匹和越野车,马匹和吉普赛车

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to the last few generations preceding the invention of the automobile: vivid recollections of horse-and-buggy days.
    • : old-fashioned; outmoded: horse-and-buggy methods.

Examples

  • As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.

  • As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.

  • I mean, the reality of it was, I had to go out and get on a horse, and ride in, shoot the gun — how hard was that, right?

  • Yes, Byrd—dead four-and-a-half years now—was a Kleagle in the Ku Klux Klan.

  • The poet apparently collapsed in the street upon his departure from “The Horse” and died not long after.

  • At the mention of the Merrill Horse, Poindexter's countenance took on a demoniac expression.

  • But you are mistaken in thinking the force west consists of the entire Merrill Horse.

  • It was at this parliament that the famous acts against horse racing and deceitful gaming were passed.

  • Four years ago Hetton's horse had been first favourite, but it was ignominiously beaten.

  • She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.