tumbril
英['tʌmbrəl]
美['tʌmbrəl]
Noun:
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a farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution
- 1. To that poor queen whom I saw pass in the tumbril!
- 慈悲的天主，那位可怜巴巴坐在囚车里打我面前走过的王后！
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- 2. The second tumbril empties and moves on; the third comes up. Crash! -And the knitting-women, never faltering or pausing in their work, count Two.
- 第二辆囚车下完了人走掉了，第三辆开了上来。“嚓”——从不迟疑、从不间断地织着毛线的妇女们数道，“二。”
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- 3. The second tumbril empties and moves on; the third comes up. Crash! -And the knitting-women, never faltering or pausing in their work, count Two.
- 第二辆囚车下完了人走掉了，第三辆开了上来。“嚓”——从不迟疑、从不间断地织着毛线的妇女们数道，“二。”
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