brougham: [19] A brougham was a fourwheeled one-horse carriage. It was named after Henry Peter Brougham, first Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778–1868), British Whig politician, jurist, and educational reformer, who designed the original brougham in 1838.
brougham (n.)
1851, one-horse closed carriage with two or four wheels, for two or four persons, from first Lord Brougham (1778-1868). The family name is from a place in Westmoreland.
实用例句
1. Then there had been the pleasurable excitement of choosing a showy grey stepper for May's brougham.
后来为了给梅的马车选一匹体面的灰色快马,他愉快地激动了一阵.
来自辞典例句
2. She watched us with a sardonic eye as we stepped from the brougham.
