词汇 | wagon |
释义 | wagon 9 ENTRIES FOUND: wagon (noun) wagon train (noun) chuck wagon (noun) covered wagon (noun) paddy wagon (noun) patrol wagon (noun) station wagon (noun) circle (verb) hitch (verb) wagon /ˈwægən/ noun plural wagons wagon /ˈwægən/ noun plural wagons Learner's definition of WAGON [count] 1 : a vehicle with four wheels that is used for carrying heavy loads or passengers and that is usually pulled by animals (such as horses)四轮马车;(由动物拉的)四轮载重车 Pioneers crossed the American Midwest in wagons.开拓者们乘着四轮马车穿越了美国中西部。 — see also bandwagon, chuck wagon, covered wagon, paddy wagon, patrol wagon 2 : a small, low vehicle with four wheels that children play with儿童玩具小车 He pulled his stuffed animals around in a little red wagon.他用一辆红色玩具车拉着他那些毛绒动物玩具四处转悠。 3 US : station wagon 4 British : a railway car that carries goods运货车厢 circle the/your wagons chiefly US, informal : to gather a group of people together in order to protect them from being attacked(集结人马)严阵以待 — usually used figuratively通常用作比喻 Reporters tend to circle the wagons [=tend to join together to defend themselves] whenever the media are attacked for bias.一旦有媒体因为偏见受到围攻,记者们就会集结起来,严阵以待。 hitch your wagon to chiefly US, informal : to rely on (someone or something) for success依靠…而获取成功;借…的东风 The team has hitched its wagon to its star pitcher.球队将成功的希望寄托在本队的明星投手身上。 on/off the wagon informal ◊ A person who is on the wagon has stopped drinking alcohol.戒酒 He has been on the wagon since his child was born.孩子出生后他就戒了酒。 ◊ A person who had stopped drinking alcohol but has started again has fallen off the wagon.开酒戒;又喝起酒来 After a year of sobriety, she fell off the wagon.戒了一年酒之后,她又开始喝了起来。 |
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