quadriga

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /kwɒdˈɹiː.ɡə/|/kwəˈdɹiː.ɡə/    美 /kwɑˈdɹi.ɡə/|/kwɑˈdɹaɪ.ɡə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A Roman racing chariot drawn by four horses abreast. historical
    — In the Vatican Library is a vase of terra cotta, on whose upper part we see delineated the sun and moon, in a quadriga, which proceeds forward [travels, voyages, fulfils its course] upon a ship. […] Both these deities stand in a quadriga, which indeed is the vehicle proper to the sun, insomuch that the Rhodians every year threw into the sea a quadriga, dedicated to this divinity.
  2. A team of four horses, or sometimes other animals, especially as used in chariot racing. historical

词形变化

quadrigae plural quadrigas plural

词汇关系

相关词
quadrigal

词源

From Latin quadrīgae, literally "four yoked", from quattuor (“four”) + iugum (“yoke”).
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