truck
noun uk/trʌk/ us/trʌk/
(VEHICLE)
B1 [ C ] (UK also lorry)卡车,货车,载重汽车
a large road vehicle that is used for transporting large amounts of goods
The road was completely blocked by an overturned truck. 道路完全被翻倒的卡车堵住了。
a truck driver 货车司机
See also: dumper truck forklift truckpickup truck
[ C ] UK (US car)货运车厢,运货车皮
a part of a train that is used for carrying goods or animals
Hundreds of refugees were herded into cattle trucks for the gruelling ten-hour journey. 成百上千的难民被赶进运牛的货车里,开始了10小时令人筋疲力尽的行程。
- More examples
- Every few kilometres we passed a burned-out jeep or truck at the side of the road.
- Long-distance truck drivers often use CB radio to talk to each other.
- Hundreds of trucks full of fruit and vegetables trundle across the border each day.
- The sheep were loaded onto trucks.
- The car skidded and went out of control, crashing into an oncoming truck.
(INVOLVEMENT)
have no truck with something/someone 拒绝与(某人)交往;不与…打交道
to refuse to become involved with something or someone because you do not approve of it, him, or her
truck
verb [ T usually + adv/prep ] mainly US uk/trʌk/ us/trʌk/
用卡车装运
to transport something somewhere in a truck
Most of the aid is being trucked into the city, although some is arriving by boat. 大部分的援助物资用卡车运到这座城市,有一小部分是用船运送的。
Idiom
keep on truckingidiom informal 例行公事;尽职而已
to continue to do something that that is ordinary and boring
"How's work going?" "Oh, okay. I just keep on trucking." “工作怎么样?”“噢,还行吧,我只是做一天和尚撞一天钟而已。”