English Dictionary

meat wagon

名詞

歴史的 俗語

(chiefly historical) A vehicle used for the transportation of meat, usually refrigerated and traditionally of a non-motorized type pulled by horses. / (slang) An ambulance.

日本語の意味

（主に歴史的）肉の輸送に用いられる車両。通常は冷蔵設備が備え付けられており、伝統的には馬が牽引する非動力式のもの。 / （スラング）救急車

In the market square, the old meat wagon, cooled with blocks of ice, drew a curious crowd as it rolled by.

市場広場で、古い冷蔵式の肉運搬用馬車が氷の塊で冷やされながら通り過ぎると、好奇心をそそる人だかりが集まった。

意味（1）

(chiefly historical) A vehicle used for the transportation of meat, usually refrigerated and traditionally of a non-motorized type pulled by horses.

The firing of a truck load of meat and two cases of assault enlived the strike of the meat wagon drivers yesterday.

意味（2）

(slang) An ambulance.

So they had to take me from there in an ambulance. . . . I remember my dad and uncle used to call them meat wagons.

意味（3）

(slang) A police van for transporting prisoners; a paddy wagon.

He spent the next four hours in the back of the sweltering NYPD meat wagon as police rounded up other young men.

意味（4）

(slang) A vehicle for transporting dead bodies; a hearse.

The old man wandered away from his retirement home, dropped dead on the beach and was picked up by the meat wagon and sent to the morgue.

meat wagons （ plural ）