postilion是什么意思

2024-02-01 13:21:17

postilion

美[poʊstɪljən] 英[pəstɪljən]

n. 左马驭者

近义词：postillion，

Noun

someone who rides the near horse of a pair in order to guide the horses pulling a carriage (especially a carriage without a coachman)

The postilion cracked his whip, and they clattered away under the Feeble over swinging lamps. 双手“叭”的一声挥动鞭子，一行人就在头顶昏暗摇曳的路灯下蹄声得得地上路。
The harness of one of the leaders had become out of order, and the foremost postilion dismounted to set it right. 有匹导马的挽具乱了套，前列左马的驭者跳下马来理顺它。“呀，那是我伯父啊！”
On this occasion, the postilion reached its address, although the person to whom it was addressed was, at that moment, in solitary confinement. 这一次，那邮车夫达到了目的地，尽管收件人当时正在“隔离”期间。
The postilion contained a roll of paper on which only these two lines were written:-- "Babet.There is an affair in the Rue Plumet. 那邮车夫裹着一条卷好的纸，上面只有两行字：“巴伯，卜吕梅街有笔生意好做。
What is certain is, that on the following morning, a "postilion" was flung from the Charlemagne yard into the Lions Ditch, over the five-story building which separated the two court-yards. 有一件事却是肯定无疑的：第二天，一个“邮车夫”从查理大帝院里被丢向天空，越过那座六层大楼，落在大楼另一面的狮子沟里了。
he said to the postilion, "eh, mio caro?" 腾格拉尔于是把窗打开。