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sleeping car
Word forms: plural sleeping cars
countable noun
A sleeping car is a railway carriage containing beds for passengers to sleep in at night.
sleeping car in British English
noun
a railway car fitted with compartments containing bunks for people to sleep in
sleeping car in American English
US
a railroad car equipped with berths, compartments, etc. for passengers to sleep in
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British English: sleeping car /ˈsliːpɪŋ kɑː/ NOUN
A sleeping car is a railway carriage containing beds for passengers to sleep in at night.
- American English: sleeping car
- Arabic: عَرَبَةُ النَّوْمِ
- Brazilian Portuguese: vagão-leito
- Chinese: 火车卧铺车厢
- Croatian: spavaća kola
- Czech: spací vůz
- Danish: sovevogn
- Dutch: slaapwagen
- European Spanish: coche cama
- Finnish: makuuvaunu
- French: wagon-lit
- German: Schlafwagen
- Greek: κλινάμαξα
- Italian: vagone letto
- Japanese: 寝台車
- Korean: 침대차
- Norwegian: sovevogn
- Polish: wagon sypialny
- European Portuguese: carruagem-cama
- Romanian: vagon de dormit
- Russian: спальный вагон
- Latin American Spanish: coche cama
- Swedish: sovvagn
- Thai: ตู้นอน
- Turkish: kuşetli vagon
- Ukrainian: спальний вагон
- Vietnamese: toa giường nằm
Chinese translation of 'sleeping car'
sleeping car
n (c)
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火车(車)卧(臥)铺(鋪)车(車)厢(廂)
(huǒchē wòpù chēxiāng) (节, jié)