"cabooses" in Chinese (Simplified)
车尾车厢臀部(俚语)
Definition
“caboose”的复数;指货运列车上的最后一节车厢,通常供乘务员使用。在美国俚语中也可指人的臀部。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
多用于北美英语。列车义较为老派,现代多为俚语用法,指臀部,语气随意、不正式。
Examples
The two cabooses were painted bright red.
两节**车尾车厢**都被漆成了鲜红色。
Freight trains used to have cabooses at the end.
过去货运列车的末尾常有**车尾车厢**。
The museum has several old train cabooses.
博物馆里有几节旧**车尾车厢**。
I thought there were only a few cabooses left in use these days.
我以为现在只剩下少数**车尾车厢**还在使用。
Kids laugh when they hear the word cabooses meaning butts.
孩子们听到**车尾车厢**指屁股时会笑。
She joked that squats help shape our cabooses.
她开玩笑说深蹲能塑造我们的**臀部**。