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paddy wagon


'paddy .wagon
n[C]
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: Perhaps from Paddy 'Irish person, (Irish) policeman' (18-21 centuries), from the male name Paddy, from Irish Gaelic Padraig 'Patrick']
AmE informal a police vehicle used to carry prisoners
1. The wagon was full of vegetables.
    这辆运货马车装满了蔬菜。

2. At such times my sisters or I would pull him through the streets of Brooklyn, N.Y., on a child's wagon with steel runners to the subway entrance.
    这种时候,姐妹们或我就用一辆儿童雪橇拉着他穿过纽约布鲁克林的街道到地铁站口。

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