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单词 wagon
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wagon


wag·on

W0006300 (wăg′ən)n.1. A four-wheeled, usually horse-drawn vehicle with a large rectangular body, used for transporting loads.2. a. A light automotive transport or delivery vehicle.b. A station wagon.c. A police patrol wagon.3. A child's low, four-wheeled cart hauled by a long handle that governs the direction of the front wheels.4. A small table or tray on wheels used for serving drinks or food: a dessert wagon.5. Wagon The Big Dipper6. Chiefly British An open railway freight car.tr. & intr.v. wag·oned, wag·on·ing, wag·ons To transport or undergo transportation by wagon.Idioms: off the wagon Slang 1. No longer abstaining from alcoholic beverages.2. No longer persevering with some other program requiring self-discipline, such as losing weight or quitting smoking. on the wagon Slang 1. Abstaining from alcoholic beverages.2. Persevering with some other program requiring self-discipline, such as losing weight or quitting smoking.
[Middle English waggin, from Middle Dutch wagen; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.]

wagon

(ˈwæɡən) or

waggon

n1. (Automotive Engineering) any of various types of wheeled vehicles, ranging from carts to lorries, esp a vehicle with four wheels drawn by a horse, tractor, etc, and used for carrying crops, heavy loads, etc2. (Railways) Brit a railway freight truck, esp an open one3. (Automotive Engineering) US and Canadian a child's four-wheeled cart4. (Automotive Engineering) US and Canadian a police van for transporting prisoners and those arrested5. (Automotive Engineering) chiefly US and Canadian See station wagon6. (Automotive Engineering) an obsolete word for chariot7. (Brewing) off the wagon informal no longer abstaining from alcoholic drinks8. (Brewing) on the wagon informal abstaining from alcoholic drinksvb (Automotive Engineering) (tr) to transport by wagon[C16: from Dutch wagen wain] ˈwagonless, ˈwaggonless adj

Wagon

(ˈwæɡən) or

Waggon

n (Celestial Objects) the Wagon another name for the Plough

wag•on

(ˈwæg ən)

n. 1. any of various kinds of four-wheeled vehicles designed to be pulled or having its own motor and ranging from a child's toy to a commercial vehicle for the transport of heavy loads, delivery, etc. 2. Informal. station wagon. 3. a patrol wagon. v.t. 4. to transport or convey by wagon. v.i. 5. to proceed or haul goods by wagon. Idioms: 1. fix someone's wagon, Informal. to get even with or punish someone. 2. off the wagon, Informal. again drinking alcoholic beverages after a period of abstinence. 3. on the wagon, Informal. currently abstaining from alcoholic beverages. [1505–15; < Dutch wagen, c. Old English wægn wain]

carriage

– car">car – truck">truck – wagon1. 'carriage'

Carriage is one of several nouns which are used to refer to vehicles pulled by railway engines.

In British English, a carriage is one of the separate sections of a train that carries passengers.

The man left his seat by the window and crossed the carriage to where I was sitting.
2. 'car'

In American English, these sections are called cars.

In British English, car used to be part of the name of some special kinds of railway carriage. For example, a carriage might be called a dining car, a restaurant car, or a sleeping car. These terms are no longer used officially, but people still use them in conversation.

3. 'truck' and 'wagon'

In British English, a truck is an open vehicle used for carrying goods on a railway.

...a long truck loaded with bricks.

In American English, this vehicle is called a freight car or a flatcar.

The train, carrying loaded containers on flatcars, was 1.2 miles long....the nation's third-largest railroad freight car maker.

In British English, a wagon is a vehicle with a top, sides and a sliding door, used for carrying goods on a railway.

The pesticides ended up at several sites, almost half of them in railway wagons at Bajza station.

In American English, vehicles like these are usually called boxcars.

A long train of boxcars, its whistle hooting mournfully, rolled into town from the west.

A truck is also a large motor vehicle used for transporting goods by road.

See lorry - truck
Thesaurus
Noun1.wagon - any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractorwagon - any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractorwaggonaxletree - a dead axle on a carriage or wagon that has terminal spindles on which the wheels revolvebandwagon - a large ornate wagon for carrying a musical band; "the gaudy bandwagon led the circus parade"cart - a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animalchuck wagon - a wagon equipped with a cookstove and provisions (for cowboys)Conestoga, Conestoga wagon, covered wagon, prairie schooner, prairie wagon - a large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top; used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in the 19th centuryice wagon, ice-wagon - (formerly) a horse-drawn wagon that delivered ice door to doorlorry - a large low horse-drawn wagon without sidesmilk wagon, milkwagon - wagon for delivering milktramcar, tram - a four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine; "a tramcar carries coal out of a coal mine"wagon wheel - a wheel of a wagonwain - large open farm wagonwater waggon, water wagon - a wagon that carries water (as for troops or work gangs or to sprinkle down dusty dirt roads in the summertime)wheeled vehicle - a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people; "the oldest known wheeled vehicles were found in Sumer and Syria and date from around 3500 BC"
2.wagon - van used by police to transport prisonerswagon - van used by police to transport prisonersblack Maria, paddy wagon, patrol wagon, police van, police wagonvan - a truck with an enclosed cargo space
3.wagon - a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa MajorWagon - a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa MajorBig Dipper, Charles's Wain, Plough, Wain, DipperGreat Bear, Ursa Major - a constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star
4.wagon - a child's four-wheeled toy cart sometimes used for coastingwagon - a child's four-wheeled toy cart sometimes used for coastingcoaster wagonwheeled vehicle - a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people; "the oldest known wheeled vehicles were found in Sumer and Syria and date from around 3500 BC"
5.wagon - a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seatwagon - a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seatbeach waggon, beach wagon, estate car, station waggon, station wagon, waggonauto, automobile, car, motorcar, machine - a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work"shooting brake - another name for a station wagontailboard, tailgate - a gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading
Translations

wagon,

waggon

(ˈwӕgən) noun1. a type of four-wheeled vehicle for carrying heavy loads. a hay wagon. 運貨四輪車 四轮运货马车2. an open railway carriage for goods. a goods wagon. 無蓬鐵路貨車 铁路货车

wagon


wagon

n. the police wagon. I called the wagon. It’ll come and get these two thugs in about fifteen minutes.
See:
  • a whole team and the dog under the wagon
  • be on the wagon
  • be/go on the wagon
  • circle the wagons
  • circle the wagons!
  • draggin' wagon
  • draggin’-wagon
  • fall off the wagon
  • fix (someone's) wagon
  • fix someone's wagon
  • fix wagon
  • hitch (one's) wagon to (someone or something)
  • hitch (one's) wagon to a star
  • hitch one's wagon to a star
  • hitch one's wagon to a star, to
  • Hitch your wagon to a star
  • hitch your wagon to someone/something
  • honey wagon
  • meat wagon
  • monkey wagon
  • off the wagon
  • on the wagon
  • on the wagon, to be
  • paddy wagon
  • the whole team and the dog under the wagon
  • wagon

wagon


wagon:

see carriagecarriage,
wheeled vehicle, in modern usage restricted to passenger vehicles that are drawn or pushed, especially by animals. Carriages date from the Bronze Age; early forms included the two-wheeled cart and four-wheeled wagon for transporting goods.
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wagon

, waggon1. any of various types of wheeled vehicles, ranging from carts to lorries, esp a vehicle with four wheels drawn by a horse, tractor, etc., and used for carrying crops, heavy loads, etc. 2. Brit a railway freight truck, esp an open one 3. US and Canadian a child's four-wheeled cart 4. US and Canadian a police van for transporting prisoners and those arrested 5. Chiefly US and Canadian See station wagon
MedicalSeecarriage

WAGON


AcronymDefinition
WAGONWestern Australian Government Overseas Network
WAGONWorld Alliance of Geeks Online Network

See WGN

wagon


Related to wagon: wagon wheel, beach wagon
  • noun

Synonyms for wagon

noun any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor

Synonyms

  • waggon

Related Words

  • axletree
  • bandwagon
  • cart
  • chuck wagon
  • Conestoga
  • Conestoga wagon
  • covered wagon
  • prairie schooner
  • prairie wagon
  • ice wagon
  • ice-wagon
  • lorry
  • milk wagon
  • milkwagon
  • tramcar
  • tram
  • wagon wheel
  • wain
  • water waggon
  • water wagon
  • wheeled vehicle

noun van used by police to transport prisoners

Synonyms

  • black Maria
  • paddy wagon
  • patrol wagon
  • police van
  • police wagon

Related Words

  • van

noun a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major

Synonyms

  • Big Dipper
  • Charles's Wain
  • Plough
  • Wain
  • Dipper

Related Words

  • Great Bear
  • Ursa Major

noun a child's four-wheeled toy cart sometimes used for coasting

Synonyms

  • coaster wagon

Related Words

  • wheeled vehicle

noun a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat

Synonyms

  • beach waggon
  • beach wagon
  • estate car
  • station waggon
  • station wagon
  • waggon

Related Words

  • auto
  • automobile
  • car
  • motorcar
  • machine
  • shooting brake
  • tailboard
  • tailgate
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