| 单词 | ox-wagon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasox-wagon ox-wagon n. a wagon driven by oxen; (South African) frequently allusive as a symbol of conservative Afrikaner values and attitudes. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > types of > wagon (usually four-wheeled) > drawn by oxen ox-wagon1735 ox-wain1820 bullock-wagon1863 1735 S.-Carolina Gaz. 26 Apr. 5/1 A substantial Ox Waggon little the worse for use. 1857 D. E. E. Braman Information about Texas iii. 56 The ox-wagons, the ‘peculiar institution’ of this country, are hauling away cotton. 1960 C. Hooper Brief Authority 25 For most of my life I had dreaded the vacuous, depopulated, waste regions of South Africa, with their dreary little dorps, their occasional windmills, their dusty aridity, their ox-wagon mentality. 1971 Sunday Express (Johannesburg) 28 Mar. 11/1 Students to whom I spoke described the move as ‘archaic and back to the ox-wagon’. 2002 Wanderlust Feb. 90/1 The oxwagons here on Witmoskloof farm are arranged in a laager..among the thorn trees. < as lemmas |
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