| 单词 | wagon |
| 释义 | wagon —wagonless, adj. /wag"euhn/, 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. See station wagon. 3. a police van for transporting prisoners; patrol wagon: The fight broke up before the wagon arrived. 4. (cap.) Astron. Charles's Wain. See Big Dipper. 5. Brit. a railway freight car or flatcar. 6. a baby carriage. 7. Archaic. a chariot. 8. 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. on the wagon, Slang. abstaining from alcoholic beverages. Also, on the water wagon; Brit., on the water cart. v.t. 13. to transport or convey by wagon. v.i. 14. to proceed or haul goods by wagon: It was strenuous to wagon up the hill. Also, esp. Brit., waggon. [1505-15; < D wagen; c. OE waegn WAIN] Syn. 1. cart, van, wain, truck, dray, lorry. |
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