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单词 covered wagon
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covered wagonnoun [ C ]

uk/ˌkʌv.əd ˈwæɡ.ən//ˌkʌv.ɚd ˈwæɡ.ən/

a large vehicle with four wheels and a high, covered frame that is pulled by horses or other animals, used in the past to transport people and goods to the western part of the US

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Carriages & carts

  • brougham
  • cab
  • carriage
  • cart
  • chariot
  • coach
  • dogcart
  • dray
  • gondola
  • hansom cab
  • horse float
  • horse-drawn
  • horsebox
  • ox-drawn
  • sedan chair
  • surrey
  • trap
  • trishaw
  • wagon
  • wagon train

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Examples from literature

  • Along with these men were needed covered wagons, with which they carried tools, etc., and in which at night they slept. 
  • Directly below him, half-way between the ranges of hills, was a circle of covered wagons wheel to wheel. 
  • On her mattress, she had been tenderly installed in one of the two covered wagons that carried their household goods. 
  • They made the journey in covered wagons called "prairie-schooners," while their goods followed in peddlers' carts. 
  • We engage a strong covered wagon, with a good pair of horses and a driver, the latter only seventeen years old, but owner of the team, and carrying himself man-fashion, with the precocity of the Western youth. 

covered wagonnoun [ C ]

/ˈkʌv·ərd ˈwæɡ·ən/

a large vehicle with four wheels and a high, covered frame which is pulled by horses or other animals, used in the past to transport people and goods to the western part of the US

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