wagon

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wag·on (also waggon British English) /ˈwæɡən/ noun [countableC]

1. TTBa strong vehicle with four wheels, used for carrying heavy loads and usually pulled by horses 〔一般由马拉的〕四轮运货车 → cart

2. British EnglishBrETTT a large open container pulled by a train, used for carrying goods 〔无顶的〕铁路货车车厢，车皮 SYN American English freight car

3. be/go on the wagon informalDFDDRINK to not drink alcohol anymore 戒酒

Examples from the Corpus

be/go on the wagon• Sometimes I would go on the wagon for a few days then have a binge.

4. fall off the wagon informal to start drinking alcohol again after you have stopped 开酒戒，又喝起酒来

Examples from the Corpus

wagon• A servant hitched up a wagon and drove her the short distance to Mount Pitt.• A wagon wheel was no trifle; neither was a stove.• Louis in Conestoga wagons and traveled across the vast, perilous country in search of a better life in the West.• They just put them in the meat wagon and dropped them up town.• The pictures show just a few shapes of wagon.• There was money to be made caring for and feeding the travelers, repairing their wagons, buying and selling them livestock.• D'you imagine those wagons hold food?

Origin wagon

(1400-1500) Dutch wagen

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