cattle car

• Железнодорожный вагон или грузовой прицеп, предназначенный для перевозки скота, особенно крупного рогатого скота. Также исторически используется для обозначения переполненных железнодорожных вагонов, использовавшихся для перевозки заключенных или депортированных.

A railroad car or truck trailer designed for transporting livestock, especially cattle. Also used historically to refer to overcrowded railway cars used for transporting prisoners or deportees.

1. Railroad car for livestockB2formal

   A railroad car designed for transporting cattle or other livestock.

   Вагон для скота

   • The train consisted of several cattle cars heading to the market.
   • Farmers loaded the cows into the cattle car for transport.
   • The old cattle car was repurposed as a storage shed.

2. Crowded transportC1informal

   A derogatory term for any vehicle or space where people are packed tightly together, often in uncomfortable conditions.

   Переполненный транспорт

   • The subway during rush hour felt like a cattle car.
   • They were packed into the bus like a cattle car.
   • The prison transport van was a cramped cattle car.