【caboose】 - A-level备考词汇

caboose

UK:  [kə'buːs]

US:  [kə'bus]

复数：cabooses  

n.

1.(商船甲板上的)厨房

2.〔美国〕(货车后部车务员坐的)公务车

3.小房间,狭窄的地方

4.轻便式生铁炉灶

1 . Mr. Buffett's stock picks used to drive the train; lately, they are more like the caboose.
巴菲特所挑选的股票曾经是推动公司增长的“火车头”；而最近它们却更像是可有可无的部分。

2 . This works something like a train , the engine of which pulls the next car , which pulls the next car , which pulls the caboose .
本工作像是一种火车，接收该下一个汽车的引擎的，它接收该下一个汽车，它接收该守车。

3 . GE "will be the locomotive pulling the GNP, not the caboose following it" , he was quoted as saying.
通用电气公司“将是拉动国民生产总值的火车头，而不是被拖在最后的车厢，”媒体援引他的话称。

4 . They think African, Caribbean-born blacks and others are riding on the caboose of black America's struggles.
他们认为非洲，加勒比海出生的黑人以及其他人正赶上了美国黑人奋斗的最后一段。

5 . The caboose is coupled to the last freight car.
守车和最后一节货车联接上。