charabanc

美['ʃærəbæŋ]
  • n. 大游览车

英英释义


1. a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport;
"he always rode the bus to work"

词态变化


复数: charabancs;

中文词源


charabanc 旅游车

来自法语。字面意思即bench car.

英文词源


charabanc (n.)
British for "sightseeing bus," 1811, originally in a Continental context (especially Swiss), from French char-à-bancs, literally "benched carriage," from char "wagon," from Latin carrus (see car) + à "to" (see ad-) + banc "bench" (see bench (n.)).