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TOEFL BNC: 6118 COCA: 4194

wagon

wagon /ˈwægən/ noun
plural wagons
wagon
/ˈwægən/
noun
plural wagons
Learner's definition of WAGON
[count]
: 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
see also bandwagon, chuck wagon, covered wagon, paddy wagon, patrol wagon
: a small, low vehicle with four wheels that children play with儿童玩具小车
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

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

on/off the wagon

informal
◊ A person who is on the wagon has stopped drinking alcohol.戒酒
◊ A person who had stopped drinking alcohol but has started again has fallen off the wagon.开酒戒;又喝起酒来
TOEFL BNC: 6118 COCA: 4194

wagon

1 of 2

noun

wag·​on ˈwa-gən How to pronounce wagon (audio)
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
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 wagon
5
: a delivery truck
a milk wagon
6

wagon

2 of 2

verb

wagoned; wagoning; wagons

intransitive verb

: to travel or transport goods by wagon

transitive verb

: to transport (goods) by wagon
Phrases
off the wagon
: in or into a state of no longer abstaining from alcoholic beverages
fell off the wagon
on the wagon
: in or into a state of abstaining from alcoholic beverages

Synonyms

Noun

Example Sentences

Noun Pioneers crossed the American Midwest in wagons. He pulled his stuffed animals around in a little red wagon.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Other outdoor pursuits at the patch include a scavenger hunt in a cornfield, hay wagon rides and a petting zoo. Jay Jones, Chicago Tribune, 16 Sep. 2022 Other activities: Corn maze, hayrides, wagon rides and farm animals for viewing. Rachel Fradette, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Sep. 2022 Weekend passes also include wagon rides and access to food trucks, vendors, musical performances and encounters with farm animals. Susan Soldavin, Baltimore Sun, 15 Aug. 2022 Enjoy access to a 5-acre sunflower field with wagon rides, photo opportunities, flower picking and 3 acres of playground and barnyard animals, plus a straw mountain and a tire mountain through Aug. 14. Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 5 Aug. 2022 That nearly head-on crash forever changed the then-spiral-shaped galaxy, giving it a new shape and structure resembling a wagon wheel. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Aug. 2022 Its wagon-wheel-esque appearance is the aftermath of a collision between a large spiral galaxy and a smaller galaxy that is not pictured. Julia Musto, Fox News, 2 Aug. 2022 In the Cartwheel galaxy, which looks a bit like a wagon wheel, a colorful ring surrounds an even brighter inner ring -- both of which expand away from the heart of the collision, as depicted in the Webb image. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 2 Aug. 2022 The Cartwheel Galaxy gets its name thanks to its insane appearance, which looks similar to a wagon wheel. Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 2 Aug. 2022
Verb
Chris Bobek, who lives a couple of blocks south of Harrer, pulled daughter Sophie, 3, in a classic fire-red Radio Flyer wagon up to the complex’s main entrance. George Castle, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2022 Other towns have repeatedly fled rivers – Niobrara, Nebraska, hauled its houses by horse and wagon away from flooding in the Missouri River in 1881 and moved again in 1971. Doug Struck, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 July 2021 The farm's dozens of other attractions, from a train and giant jumping pillows to wagon rides to a pumpkin patch, give it almost amusement-park status. Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Oct. 2017 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Dutch wagen, from Middle Dutch — more at wain

First Known Use

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

1606, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of wagon was in the 15th century
TOEFL BNC: 6118 COCA: 4194
wagon

noun¹

1vehicle pulled by animals畜力車ADJECTIVE | ... OF WAGONS | VERB + WAGON | WAGON + VERB | WAGON + NOUN ADJECTIVEcovered, open有篷大馬車;敞篷車horse-drawn馬車hay, supply乾草車;補給車laden滿載的馬車chuck (NAmE, old-fashioned) 流動炊事車... OF WAGONStrain一隊運貨四輪馬車a long train of supply wagons一長隊補給車VERB + WAGONdrive趕着運貨車draw, pull拉四輪馬車WAGON + VERBroll載重馬車行駛covered wagons rolling across the prairies駛過大草原的有篷大馬車WAGON + NOUNtrain(美國向西部移民時的)馬車隊wheel馬車車輪
wagon

noun²

2 (BrE) part of train火車 see also car ADJECTIVE | VERB + WAGON ADJECTIVErail, railway (BrE) 鐵路貨車車廂coal, freight, goods煤車;貨車VERB + WAGONpull牽引貨車

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