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 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

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cart1 /kɑːt $ kɑːrt/ ●●○ noun [countable]  1. TTBa vehicle with no roof that is pulled by a horse and used for carrying heavy things 〔运重物的敞篷〕马车 → handcart2. American EnglishTTD a large wire basket on wheels that you use in a supermarket 〔超市里的〕手推车，购物车 SYN British English trolley →4  See picture of 见图 TROLLEY3. the place on an Internet shopping website where you put things that you wish to buy 〔购物网站的〕购物车4. American EnglishDHF a small table with wheels, used for moving and serving food and drinks 〔送食物和饮料的〕手推餐车 SYN trolley British English5. put the cart before the horse to do two things in the wrong order 本末倒置；前后颠倒 → upset the apple cart at upset2(5)

Examples from the Corpus

cart• A cart drove very loudly into the yard below.• Pamela Stephenson is upsetting the apple cart with her war against harmful pesticides in our food.• Then the waiter wheeled the dessert cart over to our table.• Petrol is nearly nonexistent too: deliveries are made in dray carts.• As far as we know, nobody ever pulled a drive-by shooting from a golf cart.• Some one almost crashed into her cart.• A passing cart rolled by splattering him with mud and Corbett quietly cursed Burnell for sending him here.• McMenamy stacked the bags on the cart.• The cart moved off along the bumpy road towards the rocky mountains in the distance.cart2 verb [transitive always + adverb/preposition]  1  CARRYto take something somewhere in a cart, truck etc 用车装运cart something away Household waste is carted away by the city’s Sanitation Department. 家庭垃圾由城市卫生部门用车运走。2  informalCARRY to carry something somewhere, especially something that is heavy or difficult to carry 搬运〔笨重物品〕 We carted all the furniture upstairs. 我们把所有的家具都搬上楼去。3 cart somebody off/away phrasal verb informal to take someone somewhere, especially to prison or hospital 抓走，带走，送走〔尤指进监狱或医院〕 He collapsed and had to be carted off to hospital. 他晕倒了，只好送到医院去。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

cart• A burglar carted away all the family's Christmas presents.• Why would they cart away bones?• Household and public rubbish is carted away by the city's relatively efficient Sanitation Department.• The boats came in and were unloaded; and the fish was carted away.• Others had walked a mile to a well and were carting back three large brass pots stacked on their heads.• Madge picked up the box and carted it out to the back yard.• After carting my equipment around the world, it's nice to be working closer to home.• I had to be carted off to hospital, so I didn't manage to complete the work until the new year.• I had to cart water for her.• I'm not going to cart your shopping around all afternoon.cart something away• Workers carted away several tons of trash.Origin cart1 (1100-1200) Old Norse kartr

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cart¹ /kɑːt $ kɑːrt/ noun [countable]1. a vehicle with no roof that is pulled by a horse and used for carrying heavy things ⇨ handcart
2. American English a large wire basket on wheels that you use in a supermarket
   SYN  trolley British English
3. the place on an Internet shopping website where you put things that you wish to buy
4. American English a small table with wheels, used for moving and serving food and drinks
   SYN  trolley British English
5. put the cart before the horse to do two things in the wrong order
⇨ upset the apple cart at upset²(5)

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cart² verb [transitive always + adverb/preposition]
1. to take something somewhere in a cart, truck etc
    cart something away
    Household waste is carted away by the city’s Sanitation Department.
2. informal to carry something somewhere, especially something that is heavy or difficult to carry:
    We carted all the furniture upstairs.
     
cart somebody off/away phrasal verb informal
  to take someone somewhere, especially to prison or hospital:
    He collapsed and had to be carted off to hospital.
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ carry to have something or someone in your hands or arms when you go somewhere: She was carrying a heavy suitcase. | Mary fainted, and had to be carried inside.
   ▪ tote especially American English informal to carry something such as a bag or a gun: He came out of the office toting a black leather briefcase. | Guards toting machine guns stood inside the airport.
   ▪ lug to carry something heavy, with difficulty: They lugged the mail in heavy canvas bags into the building.
   ▪ cart to carry something large and heavy somewhere, especially when this is annoying or hard work: We carted all the furniture upstairs.
   ▪ schlep American English informal to carry something heavy: Marty schlepped the suitcases upstairs.
   ▪ bear formal to carry something – used when talking about what someone has with them when they go somewhere. Bear is commonly used as a participle bearing: They arrived bearing gifts. | Anna returned, bearing a large red packet.