truck
noun/trʌk/
/trʌk/
Idioms 
enlarge image(especially North American English)(British English usually lorry)a large vehicle for carrying heavy loads by road卡车；货运汽车 - a truck driver
卡车司机 - a 10-ton truck
10吨卡车 - Scott got a full time job driving a truck.
斯科特找到了一份开卡车的全职工作。
Collocations DrivingDrivingHaving a carsee also food truck, trailer truck- have/own/(British English) run a car
- ride a motorcycle/motorbike
- drive/prefer/use an automatic/a manual/(North American English, informal) a stick shift
- have/get your car serviced/fixed/repaired
- buy/sell a used car/(especially British English) a second-hand car
- take/pass/fail a (British English) driving test/(both North American English) driver’s test/road test
- get/obtain/have/lose/carry a/your (British English) driving licence/(North American English) driver’s license
- put on/fasten/(North American English) buckle/wear/undo your seat belt/safety belt
- put/turn/leave the key in the ignition
- start the car/engine
- (British English) change/(North American English) shift/put something into gear
- press/put your foot on the brake pedal/clutch/accelerator
- release the clutch/(especially British English) the handbrake/(both North American English) the emergency brake/the parking brake
- drive/park/reverse the car
- (British English) indicate left/right
- (especially North American English) signal that you are turning left/right
- take/miss (British English) the turning/(especially North American English) the turn
- apply/hit/slam on the brake(s)
- beep/honk/(especially British English) toot/(British English) sound your horn
- a car skids/crashes (into something)/collides (with something)
- swerve to avoid an oncoming car/a pedestrian
- crash/lose control of the car
- have/be in/be killed in/survive a car crash/a car accident/(North American English) a car wreck/a hit-and-run
- be run over/knocked down by a car/bus/truck
- dent/hit (British English) the bonnet/(North American English) the hood
- break/crack/shatter (British English) the windscreen/(North American English) the windshield
- blow/(especially British English) burst/puncture (British English) a tyre/(North American English) a tire
- get/have (British English) a flat tyre/a flat tire/a puncture
- inflate/change/fit/replace/check a tyre/tire
- be caught in/get stuck in/sit in a traffic jam
- cause congestion/tailbacks/traffic jams/gridlock
- experience/face lengthy delays
- beat/avoid the traffic/the rush hour
- break/observe/(North American English) drive the speed limit
- be caught on (British English) a speed camera
- stop somebody for/pull somebody over for/(British English, informal) be done for speeding
- (both informal) run/(British English) jump a red light/the lights
- be arrested for/charged with (British English) drink-driving/(both US English) driving under the influence (DUI)/driving while intoxicated (DWI)
- be banned/(British English) disqualified from driving
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorrya2- A convoy of heavy trucks rumbled past.
一队重型卡车轰隆隆地驶过。 - A tanker truck filled with gas exploded on the highway.
一辆满载气体燃料的罐车在公路上爆炸了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- heavy
- heavy-duty
- …
- convoy
- fleet
- drive
- park
- load
- …
- drive
- roll
- rumble
- …
- driver
- stop
- bed
- …
- a truck driver
- (British English)(North American English car)an open railway vehicle for carrying goods or animals
（铁路上运送货物或动物的）敞篷车，无盖车皮 - a cattle truck
敞篷运牛车厢
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by bus and trainb1- The truck came loose from the engine and began to roll backwards.
卡车的发动机松了，开始向后滚动。 - The only way of getting out of the city was in a cattle truck.
离开城市的唯一方法是乘坐运牛卡车。 - An ammunition truck exploded just yards from the station.
一辆弹药车在距离车站几码远的地方爆炸。 - a truck load of grain
一卡车谷物
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- railway
- cattle
- coal
- …
- pull
- a cattle truck
- a vehicle that is open at the back, used for carrying goods, soldiers, animals, etc.
（运送货物、士兵、动物等后面敞开的）载重汽车 - a delivery/farm truck
送货车；农用卡车 - a dump/tow/armoured truck
自卸车/拖车/装甲车 - They heard a truck pull up outside.
他们听到一辆卡车在外面停下来。
Extra Examples- The soldiers were travelling in the back of the truck.
士兵坐在卡车车斗里运送过去了。 - a truck carrying sacks of vegetables
载着一袋袋蔬菜的卡车 - Zach was playing with a toy truck on the floor.
扎克正在地板上玩一辆玩具卡车。 - She heard the truck parking in front of the building.
她听到卡车停在楼前。 - The bus crashed into a truck loaded with timber.
公共汽车撞上了一辆装载木材的卡车。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- heavy
- heavy-duty
- …
- convoy
- fleet
- drive
- park
- load
- …
- drive
- roll
- rumble
- …
- driver
- stop
- bed
- …
- a delivery/farm truck
- a vehicle for carrying things, that is pulled or pushed by hand
（运送东西的）手推车，手拉车
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a solid wooden wheel): perhaps short for truckle in the sense ‘wheel, pulley’. The sense ‘wheeled vehicle’ dates from the late 18th cent.
Idioms
have/want no truck with somebody/something
- (formal) to refuse to deal with somebody; to refuse to accept or consider something
拒不与…打交道；拒不接受；拒不考虑 - We in this party will have no truck with illegal organizations.
我们党的成员绝不与非法组织有来往。 - Dave wants no truck with change. For him, things are just fine as they are.
戴夫不希望有零钱的卡车。对他来说，一切就这样就好了。
- We in this party will have no truck with illegal organizations.