trol·ley
noun/ˈtrɒli/
/ˈtrɑːli/
Idioms - (British English) (North American English cart)a small vehicle with wheels that can be pushed or pulled along and is used for carrying things
手推车；手拉车 - a shopping/supermarket/luggage trolley
购物／超市／行李手推车
Extra ExamplesTopics Shoppingb2, Sports: ball and racket sportsb2- Passengers with trolleys piled high with luggage waited at the check-in desk.
旅客们推着行李摞得高高的手推车等候办理登机手续。 - the problem of abandoned trolleys littering the countryside
乡间到处是被遗弃的手推车的问题
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- laden
- loaded
- drinks
- …
- load
- pile
- push
- …
- service
- dash
- on a/the trolley
- a shopping/supermarket/luggage trolley
- (British English) (US English cart, wagon)a small table on very small wheels, used for carrying or serving food or drink
（运或送食品、饮料的）小推车，台车 - a drinks trolley
饮料车 - a tea trolley
茶具车
Extra Examples- The waiter was pushing a laden sweet trolley towards our table.
服务员推着甜点车向我们这一桌走来。 - They brought breakfast to the room on a trolley.
他们用手推车把早餐送到房间。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- laden
- loaded
- drinks
- …
- load
- pile
- push
- …
- service
- dash
- on a/the trolley
- a drinks trolley
- (also streetcar)(both US English)(British English tram, tramcar)a vehicle driven by electricity, that runs on rails along the streets of a town and carries passengers
有轨电车 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + trolley- catch
- ride
- take
- …
- bus
- car
- line
- …
Word Originearly 19th cent.: of dialect origin, perhaps from the verb troll.
Idioms
off your trolley
- (British English, informal) crazy; stupid
失去理智；疯疯癫癫；愚蠢 - If Wilcox is thinking of doing this deal he must be going totally off his trolley.
如果威尔考克斯正在考虑做这笔交易，他一定是彻底放弃了手推车。
- If Wilcox is thinking of doing this deal he must be going totally off his trolley.