lor·ry
noun/ˈlɒri/
/ˈlɔːri/
(British English) (plural lorries)
(also truck especially in North American English)
Idioms - a large vehicle for carrying heavy loads by road
enlarge image卡车；货运汽车 - a lorry driver
卡车司机 - a lorry load of frozen fish
装满一卡车的冷冻鱼 - by lorry Emergency food supplies were brought in by lorry.
应急食物是用卡车运来的。
Extra Examples- A dozen people suffered minor injuries after a lorry jackknifed on an icy M62.
一辆卡车在结冰的 62 号高速公路上弯折，有十几人受轻伤。 - Her husband was a long-distance lorry driver.
她丈夫是长途卡车司机。 - The lorry had shed its load under the bridge.
那辆卡车在桥下撒落了货物。 - The motorway was closed by an overturned lorry.
高速公路因为有辆卡车翻车而封闭了。 - a refrigerated lorry carrying beer
运载啤酒的冷藏车
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- heavy
- huge
- …
- convoy
- drive
- be laden with something
- carry something
- travel
- …
- driver
- load
- a lorry sheds its load
Word Originmid 19th cent.: perhaps from the given name Laurie. - a lorry driver
Idioms
off the back of a lorry
- (British English, informal, humorous) goods that fell off the back of a lorry were probably stolen. People say or accept that they came ‘off the back of a lorry’ to avoid saying or asking where they really came from.
（指货物等）来路不明