brougham: [19] A brougham was a fourwheeled one-horse carriage. It was named after Henry Peter Brougham, first Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778–1868), British Whig politician, jurist, and educational reformer, who designed the original brougham in 1838.
brougham (n.)
1851, one-horse closed carriage with two or four wheels, for two or four persons, from first Lord Brougham (1778-1868). The family name is from a place in Westmoreland.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Then there had been the pleasurable excitement of choosing a showy grey stepper for May's brougham.
后來(lái)為了給梅的馬車(chē)選一匹體面的灰色快馬,他愉快地激動(dòng)了一陣.
來(lái)自辭典例句
2. She watched us with a sardonic eye as we stepped from the brougham.