meat wagon

短语

发音

AU

词形变化

meat wagons 复数

别名

meatwagon

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A vehicle used for the transportation of meat, usually refrigerated and traditionally of a non-motorized type pulled by horses.

    历史
  2. 2.

    An ambulance.

    俚语

    So they had to take me from there in an ambulance. . . . I remember my dad and uncle used to call them meat wagons.

  3. 3.

    A police van for transporting prisoners; a paddy wagon.

    俚语
  4. 4.

    A vehicle for transporting dead bodies; a hearse.

    俚语

    The old man wandered away from his retirement home, dropped dead on the beach and was picked up by the meat wagon and sent to the morgue.