boxcar
noun [ C ] US uk/ˈbɒks.kɑːr/ us/ˈbɑːks.kɑːr/
（铁路上运送货物的）棚车
a railway carriage with a roof, used for carrying goods
The boxcar left the train tracks but it remained upright.
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- They crash into each other, like runaway boxcars hurtling off different trains.
- He said undocumented immigrants are in constant need of assistance, with plights ranging from getting caught in sealed boxcars to suffering snake bites.
- The world's largest smelter piped enough metals-laden slag into the river to fill four boxcars each day.
- Jackson grew up in a converted boxcar in southern Illinois.