1630s, "covered chair on poles," possibly from a southern Italian dialect derivative of Italian sede "chair" (compare Italian seggietta, 1590s; the thing itself was said to have been introduced from Naples), from Latin sedes, related to sedere "sit" (see sedentary). Since Johnson's conjecture, often derived from the town of Sedan in France, where it was said to have been made or first used, but historical evidence for this is lacking.
Introduced in England by Sir Sanders Duncombe in 1634 and first called a covered chair. "In Paris the sedan-chair man was usually an Auvergnat, in London an Irishman" ["Encyclopaedia Britannica," 1929]. Meaning "closed automobile seating four or more" first recorded 1912, American English.
例文
1. The chauffeur turned the sedan about.
運転手が乗用車をUターンさせた.
2.My parents own a Ford sedan .
私の両親はフォードブランドの乗用車を持っています。
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3.'shall we hire a sedan -chair to take her home？"
「カゴを呼んで彼女を送るの？」
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4.Before five in the morning，the sedan bearers washed and cooked rice.
朝5時前、駕籠屋たちは米を研いでご飯を炊く。
5.Madam Wang and her five children quickly departed in three sedan -chairs.