Tumbril

(n.) A cucking stool for the punishment of scolds.

(n.) A rough cart.

(n.) A cart or carriage with two wheels, which accompanies troops or artillery, to convey the tools of pioneers, cartridges, and the like.

(n.) A kind of basket or cage of osiers, willows, or the like, to hold hay and other food for sheep.

埃德蒙手打

• The second tumbril empties and moves on; the third comes up. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Three tumbrils faring away with their dread loads over the hushing snow. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• There is a guard of sundry horsemen riding abreast of the tumbrils, and faces are often turned up to some of them, and they are asked some question. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• On the steps of a church, awaiting the coming-up of the tumbrils, stands the Spy and prison-sheep. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Six tumbrils roll along the streets. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• As The Vengeance descends from her elevation to do it, the tumbrils begin to discharge their loads. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Be sure you are there, my soul, said The Vengeance, calling after her, for she had already turned into the street, before the tumbrils arrive! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• And before the tumbrils arrive. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Six tumbrils carry the day's wine to La Guillotine. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Changeless and hopeless, the tumbrils roll along. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Every day, through the stony streets, the tumbrils now jolted heavily, filled with Condemned. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.

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