| 单词 | wagon |
| 释义 | wagon (once / 325 pages) n Anything can be a wagon, so long as it has wheels and can be pulled. Wagons are used for transporting goods, like grains from a farm, or your little sister who wants another ride around the block. The origin of wagon is the German weg, meaning “move, carry.” You’ll see horse-drawn wagons carrying vegetables, or a wagon pulled by a tractor moving bales of hay into a barn. A paddywagon is slang for a police van that brings suspected criminals to the station. If you “fall off the wagon” that means you started drinking alcohol again after being sober for a while. And when you “hitch your wagon to a star,” you pursue a major goal. WORD FAMILYwagon: waggoner, wagoner, wagons+/waggoner: waggoners/wagoner: wagoners USAGE EXAMPLESAll the wagons are constructed with an aluminum frame and sturdy, weather-resistant wood such as fir, Cyprus and cedar. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) It followed the Dec. 4 Metro article “In Pence’s new neighborhood, not exactly the welcome wagon.” Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Once one of these books becomes a mega-hit, publishers look for ways to hitch their wagons to the lead horse. Los Angeles Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1n any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor Syn|Hypo|Hyper waggon bandwagon a large ornate wagon for carrying a musical band carta heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an animal chuck wagona wagon equipped with a cookstove and provisions (for cowboys) Conestoga, Conestoga wagon, covered wagon, prairie schooner, prairie wagona large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top; used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in the 19th century ice wagon, ice-wagon(formerly) a horse-drawn wagon that delivered ice door to door lorrya large low horse-drawn wagon without sides milk wagon, milkwagonwagon for delivering milk tram, tramcara four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine wainlarge open farm wagon water waggon, water wagona wagon that carries water (as for troops or work gangs or to sprinkle down dusty dirt roads in the summertime) dogcarta cart drawn by a dog dumpcarta cart that can be tilted to empty contents without handling horse cart, horse-cartheavy cart; drawn by a horse; used for farm work jaunting car, jaunty caran open two-wheeled one-horse cart formerly widely used in Ireland jinrikisha, ricksha, rickshawa small two-wheeled cart for one passenger; pulled by one person oxcarta cart that is drawn by an ox donkey cart, pony cart, ponycart, tub-carta cart with an underslung axle and two seats water cartcart with a tank for water (especially with fresh water for sale) wheeled vehicle a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people 2n a child's four-wheeled toy cart sometimes used for coasting Syn|Hyper coaster wagon wheeled vehicle a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people 3n van used by police to transport prisoners Syn|Hyper black Maria, paddy wagon, patrol wagon, police van, police wagon van a truck with an enclosed cargo space 4n a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat Syn|Hypo|Hyper beach waggon, beach wagon, estate car, station waggon, station wagon, waggon shooting brake another name for a station wagon auto, automobile, car, machine, motorcar a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine Wagon (once / 9641 pages) n WORD FAMILY Wagon: Wagons USAGE EXAMPLESHis creations were called something completely different: Wooly Wagons. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) He also showed them favorites like “The Band Wagon” and Demy’s “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.” New York Times(Nov 23, 2016) At a recent concert, Lambert performed one of her old hits, “Little Red Wagon,” singing the bridge a bit differently. The New Yorker(Nov 06, 2016) n a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major Syn|Exp Big Dipper, Charles's Wain, Dipper, Plough, Wain asterism (astronomy) a cluster of stars (or a small constellation) |
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