charabanc

Related topics: Motor vehicles

char·a·banc /ˈʃærəbæŋ/ noun [countableC] British EnglishBrE old-fashioned

TTCa large comfortable bus used for pleasure trips 〔舒适的〕旅行大客车，大型游览车

Examples from the Corpus

charabanc• The advent of motor coaches enabled many deaf institutes to organise outings and charabanc trips.• In the early days the novelty must have outweighed the discomfort, or no one would have travelled in the first charabancs.• The People's car: hundreds of day-trippers brave the discomfort of a fleet of charabancs at Plymouth in 1922.• There were rare excursions to seaside or country by train or charabanc, or the occasional boat trip on Lough Neagh.• The driver started the engine and engaged the gears with a crash and the charabanc lurched away.• They stood watching the Natural Leader shepherd the little children and their exhausted parents into the charabanc.• Most of the fathers chickened out, piling into the charabanc which held adults and adolescents.

Origin charabanc

(1800-1900) French char-à-bancs “carriage with benches”

词汇	charabanc
释义	charabanc Related topics: Motor vehicles char·a·banc /ˈʃærəbæŋ/ noun [countableC] British EnglishBrE old-fashioned TTCa large comfortable bus used for pleasure trips 〔舒适的〕旅行大客车，大型游览车 Examples from the Corpus charabanc• The advent of motor coaches enabled many deaf institutes to organise outings and charabanc trips.• In the early days the novelty must have outweighed the discomfort, or no one would have travelled in the first charabancs.• The People's car: hundreds of day-trippers brave the discomfort of a fleet of charabancs at Plymouth in 1922.• There were rare excursions to seaside or country by train or charabanc, or the occasional boat trip on Lough Neagh.• The driver started the engine and engaged the gears with a crash and the charabanc lurched away.• They stood watching the Natural Leader shepherd the little children and their exhausted parents into the charabanc.• Most of the fathers chickened out, piling into the charabanc which held adults and adolescents. Origin charabanc (1800-1900) French char-à-bancs “carriage with benches”
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