1
- a wheeled vehicle, in particular车辆, 尤指:
1.1
- a large road vehicle, used for carrying goods, materials, or troops; a lorry载重汽车, 运货汽车, 卡车。
1.2
- Brit. a railway vehicle for carrying freight, especially a small open one〈英〉(火车的)敞顶货车(车厢), 运货车皮。
1.3
- a low flat-topped trolley used for moving heavy items(搬运重物的)平台式低矮手推车, 搬物车。
2
- a railway bogie火车转向架。
2.1
- each of two axle units on a skateboard, to which the wheels are attached(滑板的)轮转轴。
3
- a wooden disc at the top of a ship's mast or flagstaff, with holes for halyards to slide through(桅杆或旗杆顶端有孔可穿升降索的)桅冠, 旗杆冠。
with obj. and adverbial of direction
1- chiefly N. Amer. convey by truck〈主北美〉用卡车装运:
the food was trucked to St Petersburg
食品用卡车运往圣彼得斯堡
as noun trucking industries such as trucking.诸如货车运输业之类的行业。
1.1
- no obj. drive a truck驾驶卡车。
1.2
- no obj., with adverbial of direction informal go or proceed, especially in a casual or leisurely way〈非正式〉漫步, 慢悠悠地走; 行进:
my mate walked confidently behind them and trucked on through!
我的伙伴信心满怀跟在他们后面走, 竟然慢悠悠地一直跟到了底!
派生词
truckage
noun词源
Middle English (denoting a solid wooden wheel): perhaps short for TRUCKLE1 in the sense 'wheel, pulley'. The sense 'wheeled vehicle' dates from the late 18th cent.
mass noun
1
- archaic barter〈古〉交易, 买卖。
1.1
- chiefly historical the payment of workers in kind or with vouchers rather than money〈主史〉实物工资(制)。
2
- chiefly archaic small wares〈主古〉小件商品。
2.1
- informal odds and ends〈非正式〉零星杂物。
3
- N. Amer. market-garden produce, especially vegetables〈北美〉商品菜园产物(尤指蔬菜):
as modifier a truck garden.商品菜园。
短语
have (或want) no truck with
- avoid or wish to avoid dealings or being associated with(想)避免与…来往:
we have no truck with that style of gutter journalism.
我们不愿与那类下流的报章杂志来往。
词源
Middle English (as a verb): probably from Old French, of unknown origin; compare with medieval Latin trocare.