Barrow : 손수레, (과일·야채 등을 파는 행상의)수레, (고대의)무덤, 고분, 언덕, 흑더미
1)
the first meaning of thins is a wheelbarrow
in the garden you could put you use it to carry things around and it's got a wheel at the front and two bits at the back and it's got a couple of handles
yes so, a barrow , a wheelbarrow
2)
very often in British English as well
a barrow is like a push cart
it's cart from which they you sell fruits or vegetables or other things in the street
most market stores in London are barrows, they are run by a barrow boy, somebody who sells in the streets
in Americans would call it this a push cart
it's effectively a flat surface with four wheels underneath and then you put all your things on it
in the past many of these vendors would push their barrows around the streets hawking their goods
a vehicle which you can move around and you can sell things at the side of the road
3)
another meaning of barrow is an ancient tomb
it's a barrow is normally like a mound of earth and stones
it's normally got two bits and the body is buried in the center of it
effectively a funeral barrow
a burial mound, a place where people were buried in neolithic times or bronze age
an elongated neolithic mound covering a burial chamber
4)
another meaning of a barrow, meaing a hill
that is much more unusual nowadays, that's very old-fashioned
if you look the palce where peoople were buried a couple of thousand years ago , a viking barrow or a celtic barrow
it's like a mound of earth
5)
in british English , there are various places with the name of barrow
for example, barrow in furnace in cumbria or barrow upon trent in derbyshir
i guess all of these are because they have a mountain
Formality : 5 for a barrow or a wheelbarrow
Formality : 5 for a barrow boy
Formality : 6 for a burial mound
Formality : 7 for a hill
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