词组 | truck |
释义 | truck /trʌk/ noun a large road vehicle used to carry goodsadjectives/nouns + trucka heavy/light truck Heavy trucks go past the house all day.a pickup truck (=a small truck with low sides that is used for carrying goods) He drives a red pickup truck.a delivery truck (=for taking goods from one place to another) There was a supermarket delivery truck parked in front of the house.a flatbed truck (=with a flat open surface for carrying things) The company uses flatbed trucks to carry heavy equipment.a refuse truck BrE a garbage truck AmE (=for collecting rubbish) She drives a garbage truck for a living.a fire truck AmE (=carrying equipment and people that stop fires burning) Fire trucks rushed to the scene and managed to put out the fire.a dump truck (=a vehicle with a large open container at the back that can move up to pour out sand, soil etc) Dump trucks were used to carry sand to the building site.a breakdown truck BrE a tow truck AmE (=for pulling a car that is broken to a place where it can be repaired) When Dad’s car broke down, a man in a breakdown truck took it to the garage.a toy truck The small boy was playing with a toy truck.a monster truck (=an extremely large truck) We watched a monster truck race on TV.an articulated truck (=a truck with two parts that makes it easier to turn) He drives a 40-foot long articulated truck.verbsdrive a truck He got a job driving a truck.load a truck (with sth) The men loaded the truck and drove off.unload a truck She helped us to unload the truck.park a truck She parked the truck in front of the house.rent/hire a truck When we moved house, we hired a truck to carry the furniture.a truck carries sth The truck was carrying metal pipes.truck + nounsa truck driver He works as a truck driver.a truck stop AmE (=a cheap place to eat next to a road, used mainly by truck drivers) We stopped at a truck stop in Toledo.phrasesa convoy of trucks (=a group of trucks travelling together) A convoy of 15 trucks brought food and medical supplies to the city.a fleet of trucks (=trucks owned by a particular company) The firm has a fleet of trucks which travel all over the US.Truck is more common in American English. British speakers use truck, but they also often use the word lorry. |
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