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    guard's van

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Trains & railways
    ˈguard’s van noun [countable]  British EnglishTTT the part of a train where the person in charge of it travels 列车长车厢 SYN American English caboose
    Examples from the Corpus
    guard's van• I turned round and looked through into the guard's van.• Three compartments next to the guard's van were kept for the use of fare paying passengers.
    ˈguard’s van nounChineseSyllable
    person a Corpus of the train part where the


    guard's van
    ˈguard’s van noun [countable]
    British English the part of a train where the person in charge of it travels
       SYN  caboose American English


    guard's vanBrE /ˈɡɑːdz væn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɡɑːrdz væn/ 🔊 noun (BrE) the part of a train where the person who is in charge of the train rides 列车车长室；守车