"waggoner" in Chinese (Simplified)
马车夫
Definition
waggoner 指驾驶或管理马车的人,尤其是用马或牛拉的。这个词属于较旧的表达,多用于历史场合。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
这是非常正式且过时的词,基本只出现在文学或历史文本中。现代汉语中更常用 '车夫' 或 '驾驶员'。
Examples
The waggoner led his horses along the dusty road.
**马车夫**带着他的马走在尘土飞扬的路上。
A waggoner takes care of the wagons and animals.
**马车夫**照看马车和动物。
In old times, every village had a waggoner.
在古代,每个村庄都有一个**马车夫**。
The village waggoner always stopped to chat when he passed by my house.
村里的**马车夫**每次经过我家都要停下来聊聊天。
Nobody knew the roads better than the old waggoner.
没有人比那位年老的**马车夫**更熟悉这些道路了。
When the storm hit, the waggoner sheltered his horses in the barn.
暴风雨来临时,**马车夫**把马带到谷仓避雨。