boxcar

boxcar — 名詞

1. an enclosed rail vehicle for cargo, usually with large doors at the side for loa

1.名詞C2
釋義

棚車

有頂、側邊可開門的鐵路貨車

an enclosed rail vehicle for cargo, usually with large doors at the side for loading and unloading.

例句

Workers loaded sacks of rice into the last boxcar before sunset.

工人在日落前把一袋袋米裝進最後一節棚車。

boxcar as cargo vehicle on a freight train

A red boxcar stood beside the grain store all morning.

一節紅色棚車整個早上都停在糧倉旁邊。

before noun: color + boxcar

同義詞
  • freight car

    broader American term for a train car that carries goods

  • railcar

    broader term; can refer to several kinds of train cars

  • goods wagon

    mainly British term

反義詞

用法筆記

Common in North American rail contexts. In wider everyday English, speakers may more often say 'freight car' or, in British English, 'goods wagon'.

常見錯誤

❌We slept in a boxcar on the passenger train.
✅We slept in a passenger car on the train.
💡a boxcar is for freight, not for carrying ordinary passengers.

boxcar — 形容詞