wagon
/ˈwægən/( <英> 亦作waggon)
noun
1
- a vehicle used for transporting goods or another specified purpose（运）货车：
a timber wagon
木材运输车
a breakdown wagon.
出故障的货车。
1.1
- a four-wheeled trailer for agricultural use农用四轮拖车。
1.2
- Brit. a railway freight vehicle; a truck〈英〉铁路货车, 敞篷货车。
1.3
- a light horse-drawn vehicle, especially a covered one used by early settlers in North America and elsewhere（尤指北美及其他地方早期移民用的）轻便有篷马车。
1.4
- chiefly N. Amer. a wheeled cart or hut used as a food stall〈主北美〉（用作食品货摊的）手推车。
1.5
- a vehicle like a caravan used by gypsies or circus performers（吉卜赛人或马戏团用的）大篷车。
1.6
- informal short for STATION WAGON.〈非正式〉STATION WAGON的简称。
2
- Irish informal an unpleasant or disliked woman〈爱尔兰, 非正式〉令人不快的女人; 讨厌的女人。
短语
hitch one's wagon to a star
- 见HITCH.
on the wagon
- informal teetotal〈非正式〉戒酒：
Agnes was thinking of going on the wagon again.
艾格尼丝又在考虑戒酒了。
词源
late 15th cent.: from Dutch wagen; related to WAIN.