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- a strong open vehicle with two or four wheels, typically used for carrying loads and pulled by a horse敞篷大车（尤指马拉的货车）。
1.1
- a light two-wheeled open vehicle pulled by a single horse and used as a means of transport单马轻便两轮敞篷车：
he drove them in a pony and cart.
他用一辆小马拉的轻便两轮敞篷车载着他们。
1.2
- a shallow open container on wheels that may be pulled or pushed by hand小车, 手推车。
1.3
- （亦作shopping cart）N. Amer. a supermarket trolley〈北美〉超市手推车。
with obj.
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- （常作be carted）convey or put in a cart or similar vehicle用大车（或类似车辆）运送; 放入大车（或类似车辆）内：
the meat was pickled in salt and carted to El Paso.
这批肉用盐腌过, 并用大车运到埃尔帕索。
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- with obj. and adverbial of direction informal carry (a heavy or cumbersome object) somewhere with difficulty〈非正式〉费力地运送（笨重物品）：
they carted the piano down three flights of stairs.
他们费力地把钢琴抬下三段楼梯。
2.1
- remove or convey (someone) somewhere unceremoniously随意打发（或运送）：
they carted off the refugees in the middle of the night.
他们在午夜把难民送走了。
2.2
- Cricket hit (the ball) with a powerful stroke that sends it a long way; play such a stroke against (the bowler)【板球】大力击远球, （击球员向投球手）强击（球）：
he carted Sinfield for six.
他向欣费尔德击出了大力远球得了六分。
短语
in the cart
- Brit. informal in trouble or difficulty〈英, 非正式〉在困境中。
put the cart before the horse
- reverse the proper order or procedure of something本末倒置。
派生词
carter
nouncartful
noun （pl.-fuls）词源
Middle English: from Old Norse kartr, probably influenced by Anglo-Norman French and Old Northern French carete, diminutive of carre （see CAR）.