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单词 boxcar
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boxcarnoun [ C ]

uk/ˈbɒks.kɑːr/us/ˈbɑːks.kɑːr/US

a railway carriage with a roof, used for carrying goods

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Railways: trains & parts of trains

  • air brake
  • baggage car
  • bogie
  • boiler
  • bullet train
  • choo-choo
  • coach
  • commuter train
  • couchette
  • diesel
  • emergency cord
  • freight car
  • intercity
  • maglev train
  • rolling stock
  • shunt
  • shuttle
  • sleeping car
  • truck
  • wagon-lit

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Examples from literature

  • Bunny and Sue crossed the street and walked along the string of boxcars, looking into those the doors of which were open. 
  • Is that freight? asked Sue, pointing to some broken boxes on the ground near a boxcar, the door of which stood open. 
  • Now he hurried to pass down the train to a boxcar with an open door. 
  • One day all of us who were able to walk were made to fall in and march over to the railroad, where we were loaded into boxcars. 
  • Rip had never seen an old-type railroad, or he might have likened the landing boat to a railroad boxcar. 

boxcarnoun [ C ]

us/ˈbɑksˌkɑr/

a railroad car with sliding doors and a roof, which is used to carry freight

boxcarnoun [ C ]

uk/ˈbɒkskɑːr/usTRANSPORT

US a covered railway car with sliding doors on its sides, used for transporting goods:

Eight truckloads of merchandise a day are bound for the rail yard to be loaded onto boxcars.
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