Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - wagon
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Wagon
wagon
also waggon BrE n 1 a strong vehicle with four wheels, used for carrying heavy loads and usually pulled by horses 2 BrE a large open container pulled by a train, used for carrying goods 3 be on the wagon informal to not drink alcohol any more 4 fall off the wagon informal to start drinking alcohol again after you have decided to stop (- see also paddy wagon)
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1.
(wagons) Note: in BRIT, also use 'waggon' 1. A wagon is a strong vehicle with four wheels, usually pulled by horses or oxen and used for carrying heavy loads. = cart N-COUNT 2. A wagon is a large container on wheels which is pulled by a train. (mainly BRIT; in AM, use freight car) N-COUNT 3. Someone who is on the wagon has stopped drinking alcohol. (INFORMAL) I’m on the wagon for a while. Cleaning out my system. PHRASE: v-link PHR, PHR after v 4. see also station wagon ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
2.
I. noun Etymology: Dutch wagen, from Middle Dutch — more at wain Date: 15th century 1. a. a usually four-wheeled vehicle for transporting bulky commodities and drawn originally by animals b. a lighter typically horse-drawn vehicle for transporting goods or passengers c. paddy ~ 2. British a railway freight car 3. a low four-wheeled vehicle with an open rectangular body and a retroflex tongue made for the play or use of a child 4. a small wheeled table used for the service of a dining room the dessert ~ 5. a delivery truck a milk ~ 6. station ~ II. verb Date: 1606 intransitive verb to travel or transport goods by ~ transitive verb to transport (goods) by ~ ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
3.
n. (also Brit. waggon) 1 a four-wheeled vehicle for heavy loads, often with a removable tilt or cover. 2 Brit. a railway vehicle for goods, esp. an open truck. 3 a trolley for conveying tea etc. 4 (in full water-wagon) a vehicle for carrying water. 5 US a light horse-drawn vehicle. 6 colloq. a motor car, esp. an estate car. Phrases and idioms on the wagon (or water-wagon) sl. teetotal. wagon-roof (or -vault) = barrel vault. Etymology: earlier wagon, wag(h)en, f. Du. wag(h)en, rel. to OE w{aelig}gn WAIN ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
4.
1) (грузовая) тележка 2) вагонетка 3) грузовой вагон 4) автофургон - wagon of drawbench - belt wagon - bogie wagon - bull wagon - coal wagon - control-flow ballast wagon - covered wagon - debris wagon - drop-door wagon - dumping wagon - eight-axle wagon - four-wheeled wagon - flat wagon - gondola wagon - high-sided wagon - high-speed freight wagon - hopper wagon - kiln wagon - life-expired wagon - livestock wagon - open-top wagon - open wagon - ranch wagon - side-tip wagon - standard gage wagon - station wagon - tank wagon - tilting wagon - transporter wagon ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
5.
вагонетка; грузовой (товарный) вагон; грузовая тележка; автофургон athey wagon ballast wagon bottom dump wagon candy wagon delivery wagon fire-brigade wagon jubilee wagon tank wagon tippling wagon ...Англо-русский строительный словарь
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1) вагон-платформа 2) вагонетка 3) возовой 4) фура 5) фургон - oil tank wagon - station wagon - tower wagon - wagon list - wagon stock - wagon turn-over ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
Англо-русский лингвострановедческий словарь
8.
1. ам. повозка, телега 2. ам. тележка; тачка 3. ам. фургон; автофургон 4. ам. разг. детская коляска 5. ист. колесница 6. кибитка 7. ам. ж-д. вагон-платформа; товарный вагон 8. ам. горн. вагонетка 9. ам. столик на колесах Wagon —- астр. Большая Медведица (созвездие) covered wagon —- ист. крытая повозка, фургон американских колонистов wagon boy —- возчик, ездовой wagon boss —- ист. начальник каравана переселенцев 10. (the wagon) полицейский автофургон (также police wagon, patrol wagon) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
9.
See: FIX SOMEONE'S WAGON, HITCH ONE'S WAGON TO A STAR, JUMP ON THE BAND WAGON, OFF THE WAGON, ON THE WAGON. ...Английский словарь американских идиом
10.
- 15c., from M.Du. wagen, waghen cognate with O.E. wжgn (see wain), from P.Gmc. *wagnaz, from PIE *woghnos, from *wegh- "carry." A result of contact through Flemish immigration, Dutch trade, or the Continental wars. Phrase on the wagon "abstaining from alcohol" is 1904, originally on the water cart. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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