carriage
/ˈkærɪdʒ/noun
1
- a means of conveyance, in particular运输工具, 尤指：
1.1
- Brit. any of the separate sections of a train that carry passengers〈英〉火车客车厢：
the first-class carriages.
头等车厢。
1.2
- a four-wheeled passenger vehicle pulled by two or more horses（由两匹或更多的马所拉的）四轮马车：
a horse-drawn carriage.
一辆四轮马车。
1.3
- a wheeled support for moving a heavy object such as a gun轮架（如炮架）。
2
- mass noun Brit. the conveying of items or merchandise from one place to another〈英〉货运。
2.1
- the cost of such a procedure货运费：
only £16.95 including VAT and carriage.
仅为16.95英镑, 包括增值税和运费。
3
- a moving part of a machine that carries other parts into the required position（机器的）滑动承载部分, 移动托架：
a typewriter carriage.
打字机滑架。
4
- in sing. a person's bearing or deportment（人的）仪态, 举止, 姿势：
her carriage was graceful, her movements quick and deft.
她举止优雅, 行动迅捷。
5
- mass noun the harbouring of a potentially disease-causing organism by a person or animal that does not contract the disease（人或动物）带菌。
词源
late Middle English: from Old Northern French cariage, from carier （see CARRY）.