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单词 boxcar
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Definition of boxcar in English:

boxcar

nounˈbɒkskɑːˈbɑksˌkɑr
North American
  • An enclosed railway freight wagon, typically with sliding doors on the sides.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Several Western Maryland cars were alongside along with a boxcar and caboose.
    • Back then in 1966, I thought nothing of the F units and E units and ALCOs, passenger trains, cabooses and 40 foot boxcars that were the norm in the USA.
    • Graduating from high school in 1956, I went to work unloading freight from trucks and boxcars for $40 a week.
    • The locomotives lead two express boxcars, a heritage baggage, a business class coach, café, three more coaches, and two or three express cars at the end.
    • I found that out when an explosion ripped through the sides of the massive boxcar I was in.
    • When she gets back, Pa and the head of the family living on the other side of their boxcar, Mr. Wainwright, are discussing his daughter's relationship with Al.
    • A rail system can reroute traffic around destroyed tracks, repair sections of damaged rail, or even transfer freight from boxcars to trucks.
    • On the second day of rain, Al took the tarpaulin separating the two sides of the boxcar and draped it over the front end of the truck.
    • Born in a railway boxcar in Illmo, MO, Jackson reinvented himself many times.
    • There even was a couple of Bombardier passenger train cars, between a boxcar and a flatcar, for use in St. Louis' new commuter rail system, not to be confused with its light rail system.
    • Though undoubtedly inspired by the Civil Rights Movement, it recalls the locomotives and boxcars of the Underground Railroad at times and the souls of millions lost to the rigorous Middle Passage at others.
    • As soon as the train began to slow down the tiniest bit, hub grabbed on to one of the many handles on the side of a storage boxcar.
    • They boarded the boxcar with no sides, so they could fire out at anyone close to the train.
    • The latest was Thursday when a boxcar hit another car in a yard near KellyUSA, causing a pair of wheels to slip off the tracks, Bromley said.
    • Originally the railroad moved the trees in boxcars to Los Angeles where they were spotted for unloading by a wide variety of vendors.
    • Workers for Skywork, a Gibson City-based firm, have started sandblasting a boxcar and a caboose on the north side of the museum grounds.
    • The Union Pacific train was backing into a parked string of five boxcars to transport them, but accidentally struck the sitting boxcars, sending one off of the tracks and into the adjacent cold storage facility.
    • But it sounded far more enticing than dodging a runaway boxcar in a lonely freight yard at 2 a.m.
    • Three engines and 11 boxcars derailed near the 3800 block of Croton Avenue.
    • The TLC will handle lumber, steel, aluminum and food products, and is designed to load and unload all types of railcars from centerbeams to boxcars and gondolas.
 
 

Definition of boxcar in US English:

boxcar

nounˈbäksˌkärˈbɑksˌkɑr
North American
  • An enclosed railroad freight car, typically with sliding doors on the sides.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • On the second day of rain, Al took the tarpaulin separating the two sides of the boxcar and draped it over the front end of the truck.
    • There even was a couple of Bombardier passenger train cars, between a boxcar and a flatcar, for use in St. Louis' new commuter rail system, not to be confused with its light rail system.
    • Graduating from high school in 1956, I went to work unloading freight from trucks and boxcars for $40 a week.
    • Born in a railway boxcar in Illmo, MO, Jackson reinvented himself many times.
    • Back then in 1966, I thought nothing of the F units and E units and ALCOs, passenger trains, cabooses and 40 foot boxcars that were the norm in the USA.
    • As soon as the train began to slow down the tiniest bit, hub grabbed on to one of the many handles on the side of a storage boxcar.
    • But it sounded far more enticing than dodging a runaway boxcar in a lonely freight yard at 2 a.m.
    • I found that out when an explosion ripped through the sides of the massive boxcar I was in.
    • Several Western Maryland cars were alongside along with a boxcar and caboose.
    • When she gets back, Pa and the head of the family living on the other side of their boxcar, Mr. Wainwright, are discussing his daughter's relationship with Al.
    • The locomotives lead two express boxcars, a heritage baggage, a business class coach, café, three more coaches, and two or three express cars at the end.
    • Originally the railroad moved the trees in boxcars to Los Angeles where they were spotted for unloading by a wide variety of vendors.
    • The TLC will handle lumber, steel, aluminum and food products, and is designed to load and unload all types of railcars from centerbeams to boxcars and gondolas.
    • Though undoubtedly inspired by the Civil Rights Movement, it recalls the locomotives and boxcars of the Underground Railroad at times and the souls of millions lost to the rigorous Middle Passage at others.
    • Three engines and 11 boxcars derailed near the 3800 block of Croton Avenue.
    • The Union Pacific train was backing into a parked string of five boxcars to transport them, but accidentally struck the sitting boxcars, sending one off of the tracks and into the adjacent cold storage facility.
    • A rail system can reroute traffic around destroyed tracks, repair sections of damaged rail, or even transfer freight from boxcars to trucks.
    • Workers for Skywork, a Gibson City-based firm, have started sandblasting a boxcar and a caboose on the north side of the museum grounds.
    • The latest was Thursday when a boxcar hit another car in a yard near KellyUSA, causing a pair of wheels to slip off the tracks, Bromley said.
    • They boarded the boxcar with no sides, so they could fire out at anyone close to the train.
 
 
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