"stagecoaches" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 驛馬車

Definition

一種大型有蓋馬車，過去用馬匹拉動，常用於長途運送乘客和郵件，沿途有定期更換馬匹的停靠點。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

“stagecoaches”專指過去十八及十九世紀的馬車，不是指現代巴士或長途客車。常搭配“old”，“mail”，“travel”或“road”等詞使用。

Examples

Stagecoaches carried people across the country.

**驛馬車**載著人們穿越全國。

In the old West, stagecoaches were often attacked by robbers.

在舊西部，**驛馬車**常常被強盜襲擊。

Stagecoaches stopped at inns to change horses.

**驛馬車**會在旅館停下來更換馬匹。

Traveling by stagecoaches was slow but exciting in the 1800s.

19世紀搭乘**驛馬車**雖慢卻充滿刺激。

Movies often show stagecoaches racing through dusty towns.

電影裡常常有**驛馬車**疾馳在塵土飛揚的小鎮。

Before trains, stagecoaches were the best way to send mail long distances.

在火車出現之前，**驛馬車**是長途寄信最好的方式。