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wagon

noun
🔊/ˈwæɡən/
🔊/ˈwæɡən/
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  1. (British English)
    (North American English freight car)
    a railway truck for carrying goods（铁路）货车车厢，车皮
    • He tried to hide in a container wagon.他试图藏到集装箱运输车里。
    • The statue was transported on a railway wagon.这尊雕像是用铁货车运输的。
    Extra Examples
    • a long train of supply wagons一长队补给车
    • Dust rose from a wagon train.货车火车上扬起的灰尘。
    Topics Transport by bus and trainc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • rail
    • railway
    • coal
    • …
    verb + wagon
    • pull
    See full entry
  2. (British English also waggon)
     a vehicle with four wheels, pulled by horses or oxen and used for carrying heavy loads四轮载重马车（或牛车）
    • covered wagons rolling across the prairies驶过大草原的有篷大马车
    • A hay wagon was winding slowly along the lane.一辆干草车在车道上缓缓弯曲。
    see also Conestoga wagon, covered wagon
    Extra Examples
    • She told me to climb up onto the wagon.她告诉我要爬上马车。
    • They travelled from Tennessee in a covered wagon.他们坐着一辆有篷马车从田纳西州启程。
    Topics Transport by car or lorryc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • covered
    • open
    • horse-drawn
    • …
    … of wagons
    • train
    verb + wagon
    • drive
    • draw
    • pull
    • …
    wagon + verb
    • roll
    wagon + noun
    • train
    • wheel
    See full entry
  3. (also cart)
     (both North American English)
    (British English trolley)
    a small table on very small wheels, used for carrying or serving food or drink（运或送食品、饮料的）小推车，台车
    4. see also bandwagon, chuck wagon, mammy-wagon, paddy wagon, patrol wagon, station wagon
    Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Dutch wagen.
Idioms
be/go on the wagon
  1. (informal) to not drink alcohol, either for a short time or permanently（短期或永久地）不喝酒，戒酒，滴酒不沾