| 词汇 | phaeton |
| 词源 | phaeton. Rooted in Greek mythology, this light horse-drawn four-wheel carriage takes its name from Zeus’s son Phaeton, who took his father’s chariot for a ride to the sun one day and drove so wildly that he nearly set the world on fire, before Zeus stopped him with a thunderbolt. |
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