truck

noun

/trʌk/

Idioms

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(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 一辆10吨重的卡车
- 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 Driving
Driving驾驶Having a car拥有一辆汽车
- have/own/(British English) run a car有一辆汽车
- ride a motorcycle/motorbike骑摩托车
- drive/prefer/use an automatic/a manual/(North American English, informal) a stick shift开／喜欢／用自动挡／手动挡汽车
- have/get your car serviced/fixed/repaired给汽车做一次保养／维修一下／修理一下
- buy/sell a used car/(especially British English) a second-hand car买／卖二手车
- take/pass/fail a (British English) driving test/(both North American English) driver’s test/road test参加／通过／未通过驾照考试／道路考试
- get/obtain/have/lose/carry a/your (British English) driving licence/(North American English) driver’s license得到／拥有／丢失／携带驾照
Driving驾驶
- put on/fasten/(North American English) buckle/wear/undo your seat belt/safety belt系上／解开安全带
- put/turn/leave the key in the ignition把钥匙插进点火开关；转动钥匙点火；把钥匙留在点火开关
- start the car/engine发动汽车／引擎
- (British English) change/(North American English) shift/put something into gear换挡；挂上挡
- press/put your foot on the brake pedal/clutch/accelerator踩刹车／离合器／油门
- release the clutch/(especially British English) the handbrake/(both North American English) the emergency brake/the parking brake松开离合器／手刹
- drive/park/reverse the car驾车；停车；倒车
- (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拐弯；错过拐弯处
- apply/hit/slam on the brake(s)踩刹车；猛踩刹车
- beep/honk/(especially British English) toot/(British English) sound your horn按喇叭
Problems and accidents问题及事故
- a car skids/crashes (into something)/collides (with something)车打滑／撞上（某物）／（与某物）相撞
- swerve to avoid an oncoming car/a pedestrian猛地转弯以避开迎面来的车／行人
- crash/lose control of the car撞车；车失控
- have/be in/be killed in/survive a car crash/a car accident/(North American English) a car wreck/a hit-and-run出车祸／肇事逃逸事故；在车祸／肇事逃逸事故中丧生；幸免于车祸／肇事逃逸事故
- be run over/knocked down by a car/bus/truck被汽车／公交车／大卡车轧过／撞倒
- dent/hit (British English) the bonnet/(North American English) the hood撞凹／撞上引擎盖
- break/crack/shatter (British English) the windscreen/(North American English) the windshield打碎挡风玻璃
- blow/(especially British English) burst/puncture (British English) a tyre/(North American English) a tire爆胎；扎破轮胎
- get/have (British English) a flat tyre/a flat tire/a puncture胎瘪了；轮胎被扎破了
- inflate/change/fit/replace/check a tyre/tire 给轮胎充气；更换／安装／更换／检查轮胎
Traffic and driving regulations交通法规
- be caught in/get stuck in/sit in a traffic jam遇上堵车
- cause congestion/tailbacks/traffic jams/gridlock引起交通堵塞
- experience/face lengthy delays经历／面临长时间的延误
- beat/avoid the traffic/the rush hour避开交通高峰时段
- break/observe/(North American English) drive the speed limit超速行驶；遵守速度限制；限速行驶
- be caught on (British English) a speed camera被测速摄像机逮住
- stop somebody for/pull somebody over for/(British English, informal) be done for speeding因超速被要求停车／停靠路边／被逮住
- (both informal) run/(British English) jump a red light/the lights闯红灯
- be arrested for/charged with (British English) drink-driving/(both US English) driving under the influence (DUI)/driving while intoxicated (DWI)因酒后驾车／醉酒驾车被逮捕／起诉
- be banned/(British English) disqualified from driving被禁止驾车；被取消驾驶资格
see also trailer truck
- 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。
Topics Transport by car or lorrya2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- big
- heavy
- heavy-duty
- …
… of trucks
- convoy
- fleet
verb + truck
- drive
- park
- load
- …
truck + verb
- drive
- roll
- rumble
- …
truck + noun
- driver
- stop
- bed
- …
(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
- The truck came loose from the engine and began to roll backwards.卡车脱离发动机，开始向后滚动。
- The only way of getting out of the city was in a cattle truck.离开这个城市的唯一方法是乘坐运牛卡车。
- An ammunition truck exploded just yards from the station.一辆弹药卡车在离车站只有几码的地方爆炸了。
- a truck load of grain一卡车谷物
Topics Transport by bus and trainb1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- railway
- cattle
- coal
- …
verb + truck
- pull
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/农用卡车
- a dump/tow/armoured truck自卸车/拖车/装甲车
- They heard a truck pull up outside.他们听到一辆卡车停在外面。
see also breakdown truck, dump truck, dumper truck, fire truck, forklift truck, garbage truck, monster truck, pickup truck, salt truck, tow truck
- 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。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- big
- heavy
- heavy-duty
- …
… of trucks
- convoy
- fleet
verb + truck
- drive
- park
- load
- …
truck + verb
- drive
- roll
- rumble
- …
truck + noun
- driver
- stop
- bed
- …
a vehicle for carrying things, that is pulled or pushed by hand（运送东西的）手推车，手拉车

词源Middle 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.戴夫不想要零钱。对他来说，一切都很好。