cart
/kɑːt/noun
उच्चारण कार्ट
गाड़ी, ठेला; कार्ट
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a vehicle with two or four wheels that is pulled by a horse or another animal and used for carrying goods; a small vehicle pushed by hand; (online) a list of items you plan to buy
गाड़ी, ठेला; कार्ट
- a bullock cart
- add to cart
- The vegetable seller pushed his cart through the lane.
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- A horse cart carried the bricks to the building site.
- Items in your online cart will be saved for a day.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
by cart / in a cart
Use by with no article for the means of transport; use in a cart for the vehicle that carries you or goods.
परिवहन के साधन के लिए बिना article के 'by cart' आता है; जिस गाड़ी में आप या माल जाए उसके लिए 'in a cart'।
- The vegetables were sent to the mandi by cart.
- The farmer sat in a bullock cart.
cart + noun (cart wheel, cart track)
Cart can come before another noun to show a thing connected with a cart.
'Cart' दूसरे noun से पहले आकर गाड़ी से जुड़ी वस्तु बताता है।
- A narrow cart track led to the village.
shopping cart / add to cart (online)
In online shopping, a cart holds items you plan to buy; add to cart is the usual button.
ऑनलाइन ख़रीदारी में 'cart' उन वस्तुओं की सूची है जिन्हें आप ख़रीदना चाहते हैं; 'add to cart' सामान्य बटन है।
- Radhika added two books to her cart.
- He left the items in the cart and did not pay.
cart (verb) + sth + away / off
As a verb, cart means to carry something heavy or in large amounts, often with effort or without care.
Verb के रूप में 'cart' का अर्थ भारी या बड़ी मात्रा की वस्तु ढोना है, प्रायः मेहनत से या बिना परवाह के।
- Workers carted the rubbish away.
- The police carted the protesters off in a van.
+Collocations 4
adjective + cart
bullockhandhorsewoodenshopping
- A bullock cart creaked along the dusty road.
verb + cart
pullpushloadunloaddrive
- The vendor pushed his fruit cart down the lane.
cart + noun
wheelloaddrivertrackhorse
- A cart driver waited outside the mill.
noun + cart
tea cartvegetable cartgolf cartluggage carttool cart
- Take a luggage cart at the airport.
“More examples 5
- The farmer loaded sacks of wheat onto the cart.
किसान ने गेहूँ की बोरियाँ गाड़ी पर लादीं।
- A man was selling bananas from a cart outside the station.
एक आदमी स्टेशन के बाहर ठेले से केले बेच रहा था।
- Radhika forgot to remove the old items from her online cart.
राधिका अपनी ऑनलाइन cart से पुरानी वस्तुएँ हटाना भूल गई।
- Do not put the cart before the horse.
घोड़े के आगे गाड़ी मत जोड़िए, यानी काम उलटे क्रम में मत कीजिए।
- They carted all the bricks to the building site.
वे सारी ईंटें निर्माण-स्थल तक ढो ले गए।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ He came to the market with cart.
✓ He came to the market by cart.
For means of transport, use by with no article.
परिवहन के साधन के लिए बिना article के 'by' आता है।
✗ He loaded the goods on the cart by himself, and pulled it by his hand.
✓ He loaded the goods on the cart himself and pulled it by hand.
By hand is a fixed phrase with no possessive, and by himself is not needed with himself.
'By hand' बिना possessive के स्थिर वाक्यांश है, और 'himself' के साथ 'by himself' की ज़रूरत नहीं।
✗ The cart is pulled by a bullock, so it is a bullock's cart.
✓ A cart pulled by a bullock is a bullock cart.
The compound bullock cart is a noun adjunct without 's.
समास 'bullock cart' में noun adjunct बिना 's के आता है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Cart, trolley and wagon all carry goods, but differ in size and pull.
'Cart', 'trolley' और 'wagon' माल ढोते हैं, पर आकार और खींचने के तरीके में भिन्न हैं।
A two or four wheeled vehicle pulled by an animal or pushed by hand.
दो या चार पहियों की गाड़ी जिसे पशु खींचे या हाथ से धकेला जाए।
- A hand cart.
A small wheeled frame pushed by hand in shops and stations.
दुकानों और स्टेशनों में हाथ से धकेला जाने वाला छोटा पहिया-ढाँचा।
- A luggage trolley.
A large four-wheeled vehicle for heavy loads.
भारी माल के लिए बड़ी चार पहियों की गाड़ी।
- A goods wagon.
¶Idioms 1
put the cart before the horse
to put or do things in the wrong order
उल्टा काम करना, काम को ग़लत क्रम में करना
- Buying a car before learning to drive is putting the cart before the horse.
- Planning the celebration before the result is out is putting the cart before the horse.
→Phrasal verbs 1
cart sb/sth off/away
(informal) to take somebody or something away, sometimes using force
(किसी को) ज़बरदस्ती उठाकर ले जाना
- The protesters were carted off by the police.
?Which word?
Homophone: cart and kart (a small racing car) are both /kɑːt/.
Homophone: cart और kart (छोटी रेसिंग कार) दोनों /kɑːt/ हैं।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Put the cart before the horse (do things in the wrong order).
Idiom बहुत पूछा जाता है: put the cart before the horse (उलटे क्रम में काम करना)।
Bullock cart, handcart (thela), shopping cart (American; trolley in British English).
Collocations: bullock cart (बैलगाड़ी), handcart (ठेला), shopping cart (American; British English में trolley)।