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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hearse \Hearse\, v. t.
   To inclose in a hearse; to entomb. [Obs.] ``Would she were
   hearsed at my foot.'' --Shak.

Hearse \Hearse\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
   A hind in the year of its age. [Eng.] --Wright.

Hearse \Hearse\, n. [See {Herse}.]
   1. A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or
      tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also,
      a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a
      church, under which the coffin was placed during the
      funeral ceremonies. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss.

   2. A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument. [Archaic]
      ``Underneath this marble hearse.'' --B. Johnson.

            Beside the hearse a fruitful palm tree grows.
                                                  --Fairfax

            Who lies beneath this sculptured hearse.
                                                  --Longfellow.

   3. A bier or handbarrow for conveying the dead to the grave.
      [Obs.]

            Set down, set down your honorable load, It honor may
            be shrouded in a hearse.              --Shak.

   4. A carriage specially adapted or used for conveying the
      dead to the grave.

资料来源 : WordNet®

hearse
     n : a vehicle for carrying a coffin to a church or a cemetery;
         formerly drawn by horses but now usually a motor vehicle