caboose 音标拼音: [kəb'us]
n . (载货火车最后一节的)守车,轮船上的厨房
(载货火车最後一节的)守车,轮船上的厨房
caboose n 1 :
the area for food preparation on a ship [
synonym : {
galley },
{
ship '
s galley }, {
caboose }, {
cookhouse }]
2 :
a car on a freight train for use of the train crew ;
usually the last car on the train [
synonym : {
cabin car }, {
caboose }]
Galley \
Gal "
ley \,
n .;
pl . {
Galleys }. [
OE .
gale ,
galeie (
cf .
OF .
galie ,
gal ['
e ]
e ,
LL .
galea ,
LGr . ?;
of unknown origin .]
1 . (
Naut .)
A vessel propelled by oars ,
whether having masts and sails or not ;
as :
(
a )
A large vessel for war and national purposes ; --
common in the Middle Ages ,
and down to the 17th century .
(
b )
A name given by analogy to the Greek ,
Roman ,
and other ancient vessels propelled by oars .
(
c )
A light ,
open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers ,
press gangs ,
and also for pleasure .
(
d )
One of the small boats carried by a man -
of -
war .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
The typical galley of the Mediterranean was from one hundred to two hundred feet long ,
often having twenty oars on each side .
It had two or three masts rigged with lateen sails ,
carried guns at prow and stern ,
and a complement of one thousand to twelve hundred men ,
and was very efficient in mediaeval warfare .
Galleons ,
galliots ,
galleasses ,
half galleys ,
and quarter galleys were all modifications of this type .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel ;
--
sometimes on merchant vessels called the {
caboose }.
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1913 Webster ]
3 . (
Chem .)
An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts ;
a gallery furnace .
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1913 Webster ]
4 . [
F .
gal ['
e ]
e ;
the same word as E .
galley a vessel .]
(
Print .)
(
a )
An oblong tray of wood or brass ,
with upright sides ,
for holding type which has been set ,
or is to be made up ,
etc .
(
b )
A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley ;
a galley proof .
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1913 Webster ]
{
Galley slave },
a person condemned ,
often as a punishment for crime ,
to work at the oar on board a galley . "
To toil like a galley slave ." --
Macaulay .
{
Galley slice } (
Print .),
a sliding false bottom to a large galley . --
Knight .
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1913 Webster ]
Caboose \
Ca *
boose "\ (
k [.
a ]*
b [=
oo ]
s "),
n . [
Cf .
D .
kabuis ,
kombuis ,
Dan .
kabys ,
Sw .
kabysa ,
G .
kabuse a little room or hut .
The First part of the word seems to be allied to W .
cab cabin ,
booth .
Cf . {
Cabin }.] [
Written also {
camboose }.]
1 . (
Naut .)
A house on deck ,
where the cooking is done ; --
commonly called the {
galley }.
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1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Railroad )
A car used on freight or construction trains as travelling quarters for brakemen ,
workmen ,
etc .;
a tool car .
It usually is the last car of the train . [
U .
S .]
[
1913 Webster PJC ]
49 Moby Thesaurus words for "
caboose ":
Pullman ,
Pullman car ,
baggage car ,
bakehouse ,
bakery ,
boxcar ,
camboose ,
car ,
carriage ,
chair car ,
coach ,
coal car ,
cookery ,
cookhouse ,
cookroom ,
covered waggon ,
cuisine ,
day coach ,
diner ,
dinghy ,
dining car ,
drawing room ,
flat ,
flatcar ,
galley ,
gondola ,
kitchen ,
kitchenette ,
local ,
luggage van ,
mail car ,
mail van ,
palace car ,
parlor car ,
passenger car ,
railway car ,
reefer ,
refrigerator car ,
roomette ,
scullery ,
sleeper ,
smoker ,
smoking car ,
stockcar ,
tank ,
tender ,
truck ,
van ,
waggon
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