- (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. 雕像是用铁路货车运送的。
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by bus and trainc1a long train of supply wagons 一长队补给车 Dust rose from a wagon train. 一列货车扬起了灰尘。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- rail
- railway
- coal
- …
- pull
- (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. 一辆干草车正沿着小路缓缓行驶。
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorryc1She told me to climb up onto the wagon. 她让我爬上马车。 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- covered
- open
- horse-drawn
- …
- train
- drive
- draw
- pull
- …
- roll
- train
- wheel
- (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 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
- (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