: a movable part of a machine for supporting some other movable object or part
a typewriter carriage
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chiefly British: the price or expense of carrying
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medical: the condition of harboring a pathogen within the body
Clinical manifestations of enterovirus infections are protean, ranging from asymptomatic carriage to life-threatening illness.Journal of the American Medical Association
Hospitals commonly screen patients in the ICU for nasal carriage of MRSA and use contact precautions with carriers. Susan S. Huang et al.
bearing is the most general of these words but now usually implies characteristic posture.
a woman of regal bearing
deportment suggests actions or behavior as formed by breeding or training.
your deportment was atrocious
demeanor suggests one's attitude toward others as expressed in outward behavior.
the haughty demeanor of the headwaiter
mien is a literary term referring both to bearing and demeanor.
a mien of supreme self-satisfaction
manner implies characteristic or customary way of moving and gesturing and addressing others.
the imperious manner of a man used to giving orders
carriage applies chiefly to habitual posture in standing or walking.
the kind of carriage learned at boarding school
Example Sentences
They rode to the city in carriages. I took the baby to the park in the carriage.
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English cariage, from Anglo-French, from carier to transport — more at carry
1vehicle pulled by horses馬車ADJECTIVE | VERB + CARRIAGE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤horse-drawn, open馬車;無篷馬車➤royal皇家馬車VERB + CARRIAGE➤ride in乘坐馬車▸➤drive駕馬車➤pull拉馬車▸➤climb into, get into登上馬車;上馬車▸➤alight from, exit (NAmE, formal) , get out of, step out of下馬車PREPOSITION➤in a/the carriage在馬車裏carriage
noun²
2 (BrE) part of a train火車➡ see also carADJECTIVE | VERB + CARRIAGE | CARRIAGE + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤railway鐵路客車廂▸➤full滿載的列車客車廂▸➤empty空蕩蕩的列車客車廂▸➤first-class, second-class頭等/二等列車客車廂▸➤no-smoking, non-smoking, smoking禁止吸煙的/無煙/允許吸煙的列車客車廂VERB + CARRIAGE➤get in, get into上火車▸➤get out of下火車▸➤pull牽引列車客車廂CARRIAGE + NOUN➤door, window列車客車廂車門/車窗PREPOSITION➤in a/the carriage在車廂裏◇There's a seat in the next carriage.下一節車廂裏有個座位。