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单词 wagon train
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Definition of wagon train in English:

wagon train

noun
historical
  • A convoy or train of covered horse-drawn wagons, as used by pioneers or settlers in North America.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The southern army began its retreat to Virginia late on 4 July, its wagon train of wounded soldiers stretching for seventeen miles.
    • One of the largest investors, the New York and Montana Mining Company, spent $39,000 just to outfit a wagon train to transport a mill.
    • Once General Sully's army reached Fort Union, the civilian wagon train, safely beyond Sioux country, continued west on its own.
    • The French war administrator Michel le Tellier took the lead in calculating the ration requirements of an army, arranging for civilian contractors to supply food, and setting up a wagon train with provision reserves.
    • ‘He was tall and striking looking,’ according to Mollie Sheehan, the bright eleven-year-old who rode in the same wagon train with him from Denver to Bannack.
 
 

Definition of wagon train in US English:

wagon train

nounˈwaɡən ˌtrānˈwæɡən ˌtreɪn
historical
  • A convoy or train of covered horse-drawn wagons, as used by pioneers or settlers in North America.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • One of the largest investors, the New York and Montana Mining Company, spent $39,000 just to outfit a wagon train to transport a mill.
    • Once General Sully's army reached Fort Union, the civilian wagon train, safely beyond Sioux country, continued west on its own.
    • The French war administrator Michel le Tellier took the lead in calculating the ration requirements of an army, arranging for civilian contractors to supply food, and setting up a wagon train with provision reserves.
    • ‘He was tall and striking looking,’ according to Mollie Sheehan, the bright eleven-year-old who rode in the same wagon train with him from Denver to Bannack.
    • The southern army began its retreat to Virginia late on 4 July, its wagon train of wounded soldiers stretching for seventeen miles.
 
 
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