wagon

wagon
(英 亦作 waggon)
noun
  1. a vehicle used for transporting goods or another specified purpose
    （运）货车
    a timber wagon.
    木材运输车。
    a breakdown wagon.
    出故障的货车。
    ■a four-wheeled trailer for agricultural use
    农用四轮拖车
    ■(Brit.)a railway freight vehicle; a truck
    (英)铁路货车，敞篷货车
    ■a light horse-drawn vehicle, especially a covered one used by early settlers in North America and elsewhere
    （尤指北美及其他地方早期移民用的）轻便有篷马车
    ■(chiefly N. Amer.)a wheeled cart or hut used as a food stall
    (主北美)（用作食品货摊的）手推车
    ■a vehicle like a caravan used by gypsies or circus performers
    （吉普赛人或马戏团用的）大篷车
    ■(informal). short for station wagon
    (非正式)。 station wagon 的简称
  2. (Irish informal)an unpleasant or disliked woman
    (爱尔兰，非正式)令人不快的（或讨厌的）女人
常用词组
hitch one's wagon to a star
  1. 见hitch
on the wagon
  1. (informal)teetotal
    (非正式)戒酒
    Agnes was thinking of going on the wagon again.
    艾格尼丝又在考虑戒酒了。
语源
  1. late 15th cent.: from Dutch wagen; related to wain
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