| 词汇 | rickshaw |
| 词源 | rickshaw. The name of this hooded, two-wheeled, man- drawn vehicle of Asian countries derives from the Japanese jin- ricksha. The Japanese word itself is an amalgam of the Japanese jin, “man or person,” riki, “power or strength,” and sha, “car- riage,” and would strictly be translated “man power carriage.” A rickshaw powered by a driver peddling a tricycle is properly called a “trishaw.” |
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