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sedan

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Motor vehicles
se·dan /sɪˈdæn/ noun [countable] American English, AusE  TTCa car that has four doors, seats for at least four people, and a boot 大轿车,厢式轿车 SYN British English saloon
Examples from the Corpus
sedanThe black sedan cut off her escape on BCastle Heights.He hid his face as his gray sedan drove through the prison gates.Type: Front-engine, frontwheel-drive, five-passenger mid-size sedan.The worshippers dragged Ace before the sedan chair, throwing her to the ground.The fourth car just gives you the choice whether you will go there in the sedan or the convertible.She had a little white sedan with plenty of what it takes under the hood.
Origin sedan (1900-2000) sedan chair
se·dan nounChineseSyllable
has Corpus car that a for seats doors, four


sedan
sedan /sɪˈdæn/ noun [countable] American English Australian English
 Date: 1900-2000
 Origin: sedan chair
a car that has four doors, seats for at least four people, and a boot
   SYN  saloon British English


sedanBrE /sɪˈdæn/ 🔊NAmE /sɪˈdæn/ 🔊 (NAmE) (BrE sal·oon, saˈloon car) noun
a car with four doors and a boot/ trunk (= space at the back for carrying things) which is separated from the part where the driver and passengers sit 小轿车;(三厢四门)轿车