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tarantass

/tahr-uhn-tahs/US // ˌtɑr ənˈtɑs //UK // (ˌtɑːrənˈtæs) //

狼牙棒,狼狈为奸,狼牙山庄,狼牙山

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a large, four-wheeled Russian carriage mounted without springs on two parallel longitudinal wooden bars.

Examples

  • Besides a tarantass, drawn by good Siberian horses, will always go faster than a gypsy cart!

  • Michael Strogoff would have been obliged to employ a telga, if he had not been lucky enough to discover a tarantass.

  • The hood was pulled up, as it was insupport-ably hot, and at twelve o'clock the tarantass left Perm in a cloud of dust.

  • The iemschik, on coming up with his team, threw an inquisitive glance at the passengers of the tarantass.

  • His companion ran a risk of being hurt by the violent jolts of the tarantass, but she would not complain.