rickshaw
To move someone by means of a rickshawTo move someone by means of a rickshaw.
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» Tom works as a rickshaw puller in Tokyo.
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1 sensesTo move someone by means of a rickshaw.
Examples
6 sentencesTom works as a rickshaw puller in Tokyo.
But the job of a rickshaw puller is not easy.
It is obvious that battery-driven rickshaws will consume electricity.
Despite the benefits, electric rickshaws should no longer be allowed to operate without proper regulations across the country.
Rickshaws are very rare in Algiers.
Origin
Borrowed from Japanese 力(りき)車(しゃ) (rikisha), a clipping of 人(じん)力(りき)車(しゃ) (jinrikisha), fBorrowed from Japanese 力(りき)車(しゃ) (rikisha), a clipping of 人(じん)力(りき)車(しゃ) (jinrikisha), from Middle Chinese 人力 (nyin lik, “human power”) + 車 (t͡ʃʰæ, “cart”) (compare Mandarin 人力車 /人力车 (rénlìchē)).
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Forms
rickshaws, rickshawing, rickshawed, rickshawed| Base form | rickshaw · to rickshaw |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | rickshaws |
| Present participle | rickshawing |
| Past simple | rickshawed |
| Past participle | rickshawed |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.