单词 | pallet |
释义 | pallet (once / 3091 pages) 1n 2n 3n 4n Pallet is a busy noun, but it’s mainly a slab or framework of wood used for carrying things. The most common type of pallet is the kind used to move cargo. After the earthquake in Haiti, hundreds of pallets of food, medicine, and bottles of fresh water were delivered to Port-au-Prince by air. Many pallets are designed with slots at the bottom to accept a forklift's forks. If you're a talented carpenter, you might be able to turn the wood from a used pallet into a table, a chest of drawers, a tree house, or perhaps a little bed to lie down on after all that hard work. WORD FAMILYpallet: pallets USAGE EXAMPLESGovernment officers race around wooden pallets piled high with boxes — counting, weighing, scanning and approving shipments. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) There are also other kinds of automata, such as arms that carry pallets. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) Flames tore through a Sherman Oaks pallet yard on Tuesday evening, threatening nearby businesses. Los Angeles Times(Dec 20, 2016) 1 n a hand tool with a flat blade used by potters for mixing and shaping clay 2Hyper hand tool a tool used with workers' hands n a portable platform for storing or moving goods that are stacked on it 3Hyper platform a raised horizontal surface 1n board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used Syn|Hyper palette board a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose 2n the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art 4Syn|Hyper palette ambit, compass, orbit, range, reach, scope an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet" n a mattress filled with straw or a pad made of quilts; used as a bed Hyper mattress a large thick pad filled with resilient material and often incorporating coiled springs, used as a bed or part of a bed |
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