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wheelbarrow

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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wheel·bar·row /ˈwiːlˌbærəʊ $ -roʊ/ noun [countable]  wheelbarrow.jpg DLGa small cart with one wheel and two handles that you use outdoors to carry things, especially in the garden 独轮手推车4  See picture of 见图 GARDENING5 see picture at 见图 garden
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wheelbarrowAfter his trial the Quaker was chained to a wheelbarrow and twice beaten by a Negro slave until he collapsed.Camels, vehicles, even wheelbarrows give equanimity in the desert.Shovels, wheelbarrows and a friend were pressed into action.That afternoon the wheelbarrow even stuck when I pulled it off the road for a break.I threw myself on top of the wheelbarrow to hold it down as he passed.I secured the locks on the wheelbarrow, crawled under canvas and wrote up the log and two letters.I met them leeward of the middle vehicle, where they lent a hand to tip the wheelbarrow into a stable position.I clambered on to the wheelbarrow, to pray for a healing miracle, laying aside my glasses and hat.
wheel·bar·row nounChineseSyllable
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wheelbarrow
wheelbarrow /ˈwiːlˌbærəʊ $ -roʊ/ noun [countable]

a small cart with one wheel and two handles that you use outdoors to carry things, especially in the garden


wheel·bar·rowBrE /ˈwiːlbærəʊ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈwiːlbæroʊ/ 🔊 (also bar·row) noun
a large open container with a wheel and two handles that you use outside to carry things 独轮手推车