| 词组 | load |
| 释义 | noun | verb load1 noun 1. the quantity of something that a vehicle or person carries, especially a large quantityadjectivesa heavy load The road has been damaged by lorries carrying heavy loads.a light load This van is ideal for transporting light loads.a full load The plane was carrying a full load of fuel.the maximum load The elevator carries a maximum load of 800 kg.verbscarry a load The horse was carrying a heavy load. pull a load The train can pull loads of hundreds of tons.shed a load (=used when a load falls off a lorry or truck) Drivers suffered delays on the motorway after a lorry shed its load.A truckload/lorryload/carload/busload You use this about the amount of things or people that will fit into a truck, car etc: They used two truckloads of soil. Busloads of tourists began arriving in the city square. Loads of This phrase is used in informal English to mean ‘a lot of’ things or people: There were loads of mistakes. She has loads of friends.2. the amount of work or responsibilities that someone hasverbsreduce/lighten the load Companies can lighten the load on permanent staff by hiring extra workers during busy periods of the year.increase the load Now that his colleagues have gone, this will increase the load on him. share the load They shared the load by taking it in turns to drive the car.adjectivesa heavy load You can give her a heavy load of work and depend on her to do it.nouns + loadteaching load (=the number of hours that a teacher has to teach) The Department of Education is attempting to enforce an annual teaching load of a minimum of 560 hours per year.course load (=the number of hours a student spends in class) The course load for a student studying physics is typically four hours of classes per day.Workload is usually written as one word. noun | verb load2 verb THESAURUS > fill |
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