A boxcar is a railway wagon for goods, not for people. It has a floor, high sides, a roof, and usually a sliding door in the side, so the load stays dry and cannot tumble out — a closed box on wheels, pulled in a freight train.

A boxcarboxcar is a railway wagon for goods是一種載貨的鐵路車廂 not for people不是載人的 It has a floor, high sides, a roof它有地板、高高的側板、車頂 and usually a sliding door in the side側邊通常還有一扇滑門 so the load stays dry and cannot tumble out讓貨物保持乾燥、不會掉出來 a closed box on wheels就像裝了輪子的封閉箱子 pulled in a freight train由貨運列車拉著走

This is everyday American railway English; in Britain people more often say a goods van or a covered wagon. You meet it in stories about trains and the American West, and in the old phrase “riding the boxcars,” meaning hiding on a freight train, which is illegal and dangerous.

This is everyday American railway English這是美式鐵路用語裡很常見的說法 in Britain people more often say a goods van or a covered wagon在英國，人們比較常說 a goods van 或 a covered wagon You meet it in stories about trains and the American West你會在關於火車和美國西部的故事裡看到這個字 and in the old phrase "riding the boxcars,"還有在老說法「riding the boxcars」裡 meaning hiding on a freight train意思是偷偷躲在貨運列車上 which is illegal and dangerous這是違法又危險的行為

It is a concrete, slightly old-fashioned word. Though actually, car here does not mean a car on the road: in railway English, car often just means one carriage of a train.

It is a concrete, slightly old-fashioned word這是一個很具體、帶點老派味道的字 Though actually不過其實 car here does not mean a car on the road這裡的 car 不是指路上跑的汽車 in railway English在鐵路用語裡 car often just means one carriage of a train car 常常就只是指火車的其中一節車廂