1 N-COUNT (旧时的)马车，木车 A cart is an old-fashioned wooden vehicle that is used for transporting goods or people. Some carts are pulled by animals. (旧时的)马车，木车
SYN wagon, wain [mainly poetic]
2 VERB (常指费力地)运送,运输，拉 If you cart things or people somewhere, you carry them or transport them there, often with difficulty. (常指费力地)运送,运输，拉 [informal] [Also VERB n preposition]
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After both their parents died, one of their father's relatives carted off the entire contents of the house. [VERB noun with adv.]
他们父母都去世后,父亲这边的一个亲戚把他们家里的东西全都拉走了。
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One of them protests loudly, and the Americans cart him away in plastic handcuffs. [VERB noun with adv.]
其中有个人大声抗议,美国人就把他铐上塑料手铐带走了。
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I've been trying to cut down on the stuff that I cart around with me. [VERB noun with adv.]
我一直想减少随身带的东西。
SYN carry, take, bring, bear
3 N-COUNT 小型机动车 A cart is a small vehicle with a motor. 小型机动车 [US]
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Cars are prohibited, so transportation is by electric cart or by horse and buggy.
汽车禁行，所以运输就靠电动车或马车。
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He drove up in a golf cart to watch them.
他开着高尔夫球车上去看他们打球。
4 N-COUNT (超市等提供的)购物车,手推车 A cart or a shopping cart is a large metal basket on wheels which is provided by shops such as supermarkets for customers to use while they are in the shop. (超市等提供的)购物车,手推车 [US]
in BRIT, use 英国英语用 trolley
5 PHRASE [VERB inflects] 前后颠倒;本末倒置 If you say that someone is putting the cart before the horse, you mean that they are doing things in the wrong order. 前后颠倒;本末倒置 [informal, disapproval]
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This puts the cart before the horse; elections should follow, not precede, agreement on a constitution.
这样做是本末倒置；选举应该在宪法确定之后举行,而不是之前。
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