"vehicle mounted on runners for use on ice and snow," 1703, American and Canadian English, from Dutch slee, shortened from slede (see sled (n.)). As a verb from 1728. Related: Sleighing. Sleigh-ride is first recorded 1770; sleigh-bells is from c. 1780; they originally were used to give warning of the approach of a sleigh.
实用例句
1. The sleigh was on one runner, heeling like a yacht in a wind.
这架雪橇在一根滑橇上滑行, 倾斜得像大风中的一艘快艇.
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2. They travelled across the snow in a sleigh.
他们乘着雪橇在雪地上穿行.
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3. He travels in a sleigh and comes down the chimney.
他乘着雪橇,从烟囱里下来.
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4. " I hope It'snows enough to go sleigh riding. "
" 我希望雪再下大一些,可以去坐雪橇. ”
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5. The sleigh was on one runner, heeling like a yacht in a gate.