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caboose

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n.<美>(载货火车最后一节的)守车,<英>轮船上的厨房

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caboose


/kə'bu:s; kə`bus/
n
1 kitchen on a ship's deck (轮船上的)厨房.
2 (US) guard's van, esp on a goods train 守车(尤指铁路货车上的).

caboose


n[C]
[Date: 1700-1800; Language: Dutch;Origin: cabuis, from Middle Low German kabuse]
AmE a small railway carriage at the back of a train, usually where the person in charge of it travels
British Equivalent: guard's van