ice wagon

• مصطلح تاريخي لعربة أو شاحنة مبردة كانت تُستخدم لنقل قوالب الثلج وتوصيلها إلى المنازل والمتاجر قبل انتشار الثلاجات الكهربائية. ويُستخدم أحيانًا في العامية للإشارة إلى سيارة نقل الموتى أو عربة الشرطة.

A historical term for a refrigerated truck or horse-drawn cart used to deliver blocks of ice to homes and businesses before the widespread use of electric refrigerators. Also sometimes used as slang for a hearse or police van.

1. Historical vehicle for ice deliveryB2formalamerican

   A horse-drawn or motorized vehicle used in the past to deliver blocks of ice to homes and businesses for refrigeration.

   عربة الجليد

   • In the early 1900s, the ice wagon came down the street every morning.
   • Children would run after the ice wagon to get small chips of ice.
   • The ice wagon was a common sight before electric refrigerators became popular.

2. Slang for a slow or old vehicleC1slangamerican

   An informal term for a very slow, old, or unreliable vehicle, especially a car or truck.

   مركبة قديمة بطيئة

   • His old pickup truck is a real ice wagon; it can barely get up the hill.
   • Don't take that ice wagon to the highway; it'll break down.
   • They called their beat-up van the ice wagon because it was so slow.