palkigari

词形变化

palkigaris 复数

别名

gharry palkee garee palki gari palkee-garry palkee-garee palkigharry

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A carriage or cart considered similar-looking to a palanquin, particularly (historical) those instituted for regular service between major towns in British India in the 1840s.

    印度

    They doubted whether good work would be done on tour by an elderly deputy collector, more especially as the invariable means of locomotion in those days was the palkigari.

词源

From Hindi पालकी गाड़ी (pālkī gāṛī), from पालकी (pālkī, “palanquin, litter, sedan chair”) + गाड़ी (gāṛī, “cart, carriage, truck, car”), q.v.

来源：wiktionary