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单词 wagonless
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
wag•on /ˈwægən/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Transporta four-wheeled vehicle, esp. one for the movement or carrying of heavy loads.
  2. Transport, Informal Terms station wagon.
  3. British Termsa railway freight car or flatcar.
Idioms
  1. Idioms, Slang Terms fix someone's wagon, [Informal.]to get even with or punish someone.
  2. Idioms off the wagon, [Informal.]drinking alcoholic beverages again after a period of having abstained.
  3. Idioms on the wagon, [Informal.]no longer drinking alcoholic beverages.

Also,[esp. Brit.,] ˈwag•gon. 
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
wag•on  (wagən),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Transportany 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. Transport[Informal.]See station wagon. 
  3. a police van for transporting prisoners;
    patrol wagon:The fight broke up before the wagon arrived.
  4. Astronomy(cap.) Charles's Wain. See Big Dipper. 
  5. British Termsa railway freight car or flatcar.
  6. a baby carriage.
  7. [Archaic.]a chariot.
  8. American History circle the wagons. See circle (def. 21).
  9. fix someone's wagon, [Slang.]to get even with or punish someone:He'd better mind his own business or I'll really fix his wagon.
  10. hitch one's wagon to a star, to have a high ambition, ideal, or purpose:It is better to hitch one's wagon to a star than to wander aimlessly through life.
  11. off the wagon, [Slang.]again drinking alcoholic beverages after a period of abstinence.
  12. British Terms on the wagon, [Slang.]abstaining from alcoholic beverages. Also, on the water wagon*  on the water cart. 

v.t. 
  1. to transport or convey by wagon.

v.i. 
  1. to proceed or haul goods by wagon:It was strenuous to wagon up the hill.Also,[esp. Brit.,] waggon. 
  • Dutch wagen; cognate with Old English wægn wain
  • 1505–15
wagon•less, adj. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged cart, van, wain, truck, dray, lorry.

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