| 单词 | mack truck |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMack truck A proprietary name for: any of several types of heavy vehicle, as lorries, tractors, etc. Esp. in Mack truck. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor lorry, truck, or van > [noun] Mack1911 1911 Sci. Amer. 13 May 496 (advt.) They ordered 38 ‘Mack’ trucks after investigating all. 1913 Hand Bk. Gasoline Automobiles (U.S. Automobile Board of Trade) 165 (caption) Mack 2-ton truck. 1930 J. Dos Passos 42nd Parallel v. 401 Charley..started to help clean the parts of the carburetor of a Mack truck. 1948 E. Partridge et al. Dict. Forces' Slang 114 Mack, a ten-ton lorry. (Army.) 1959 E. K. Wenlock Kitchin's Road Transport Law (ed. 12) 85/1 Mack type N.M. heavy artillery tractors may be used for snow ploughing, or grit or salt distribution on frosty roads, notwithstanding their excess width. 1962 Times 27 Nov. 13/3 A fleet of ‘Macks’—snow-shifters. 1971 M. Tak Truck Talk 103 Mack, a popular, economical and long-wearing make of tractor, the one best known to the public... The Mack engine has a characteristic sound... The Mack trademark is a bulldog. 1972 P. J. Marshall & D. Bishop Lorries, Trucks & Vans 123 No other name can surely be more autonomous with the US truck industry than Mack. ‘Built like a Mack’ is still a phrase used by Americans to signify something solid or sturdy. 1989 A. Stoddard Living beautifully Together (1991) i. 104 An acquaintance was in an automobile accident and miraculously survived what looked like a totally wrecked car that a Mack truck had hit broadside. < as lemmas |
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