n. 拖货车的马

[ noun ]
draft horse kept for pulling carts
<noun.animal>

Cart \Cart\ (k[aum]rt), n. [AS. cr[ae]t; cf. W. cart, Ir. &
Gael. cairt, or Icel. kartr. Cf. {Car}.]
1. A common name for various kinds of vehicles, as a Scythian
dwelling on wheels, or a chariot. ``Ph[oe]bus' cart.''
--Shak.

2. A two-wheeled vehicle for the ordinary purposes of
husbandry, or for transporting bulky and heavy articles.

Packing all his goods in one poor cart. --Dryden.

3. A light business wagon used by bakers, grocerymen,
butchers, etc.

4. An open two-wheeled pleasure carriage.

{Cart horse}, a horse which draws a cart; a horse bred or
used for drawing heavy loads; -- also spelled {carthorse}.


{Cart rope}, a stout rope for fastening a load on a cart; any
strong rope.

{To put the cart before the horse}, {To get the cart before
the horse}, or {To set the cart before the horse}, to invert
the order of related facts or ideas, as by putting an
effect for a cause; to do things in an improper order.
[1913 Webster +PJC]


carthorse \cart"horse`\, cart horse \cart" horse`\n.
a horse kept for pulling carts; a horse bred or used for
drawing heavy loads.

Syn: drayhorse.
[WordNet 1.5]