“dog、box”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

dog-box

释义

dog-box
a. A box for a dog to lie in.
1815Sporting Mag. XLVI. 138 A mallard belonging to Mr. Tucker..was observed to resort every evening to a dog-box in his yard.
b. A compartment in a railway truck or van for conveying dogs: cf. box n.² 12.
1862Emma Davenport Live Toys xiv, Shut up in a dog-box on the train.
c. transf. A type of railway goods wagon or compartment in a railway carriage. Austral. and N.Z. slang.
1917E. Miller Diary 19 Jan. in Camps, Tramps & Trenches (1939) i. 2 Our crowd moved off from headquarters in the railway goods wagons known as ‘dog-boxes’.1945Baker Austral. Lang. x., 196 The use of dog-boxes to describe many carriages used on N.S.W. railways.

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