🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

敞篷车

Native Script:中文汉字

Pronunciation / Transliteration: chǎng péng chē

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Cabriolet/ˌkæb.ri.əˈleɪ/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"他开着一辆红色的敞篷车。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A car with a folding roof; a convertible.

    "They drove along the coastal highway with the top of the cabriolet down."
  2. 2

    A light, two-wheeled, one-horse carriage with a folding top.

    "In historical novels, characters often traveled through the cobblestone streets in a rented cabriolet."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Borrowed into English in the late 18th century from French, derived from the verb cabrioler meaning 'to caper or leap', originating from Italian capriola ('somersault, wild goat leap'). The term originally referred to a light, two-wheeled, one-horse carriage that bounced lively on its springs, and eventually evolved in the 20th century to designate automobiles with a folding top.

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