(铁路)货运车厢;用于在铁路上运送货物的车厢(美式英语常用)。英式英语中更常说 goods wagon / goods van(不同类型略有差异)。
/ˈfreɪt ˌkɑːr/
The workers loaded grain into a freight car.
工人们把谷物装进货运车厢里。
After the storm, the railway company inspected every freight car to make sure the brakes and couplers were still safe.
暴风雨过后,铁路公司检查了每一节货运车厢,以确保制动系统和车钩仍然安全。
freight 来自中古法语 fret(运费、货运),与“运输费用/货物运输”相关;car 原指“车辆、车厢”。组合成 freight car,字面义就是“用于货运的车厢”。