释义 |
truck1 /truk/ noun- An open railway wagon for goods
- A trolley
- A bogie
- A low flat barrow
- A small two-wheeled barrow with a turned-up front
- A steerable axle on a skateboard
- A motor vehicle of heavier construction than a car, designed for the transportation of commodities, or often a specific commodity
- A lorry (chiefly N American)
- A small or solid wheel
- A cap at the top of a mast or flagstaff
- A jazz dance, orig and esp of the 1930s, using a rhythmic strutting walk (US sl)
intransitive verb- To work as a truck driver (chiefly N American)
- To dance the truck (see n above) (US sl)
- To walk in an affectedly lounging style with loping strides, the body laid back from the hips (US sl)
transitive verb- To convey by truck
- To put on a truck
ORIGIN: L trochus a wheel, from Gr trochos, from trechein to run truckˈage noun - Carriage by truck
- Charge for carriage by truck
- Supply of trucks
truckˈer or truckˈman noun (chiefly N American) A lorry driver truckˈie noun (Aust and NZ informal) A lorry driver truckˈing noun truckˈload noun - The amount carried in a truck
- (usu in pl) large quantities (of) (informal)
truck stop noun (N American) A transport café truck2 /truk/ transitive verb (also (Scot) trock /trok/ or troke /trōk/)- To exchange
- To barter
- To pay in goods
intransitive verb- To traffic
- To have dealings
- To barter
- To bargain
- To potter about
- To do nothing (slang)
- To move along, make progress generally (slang)
- To persevere (slang)
noun- Exchange of goods
- Barter
- Payment in goods
- (Scot trock or troke) dealings, intercourse
- A small job, chore
- Small goods (informal)
- Rubbish (informal)
- Fresh vegetables, market-garden produce (esp US)
ORIGIN: OFr troquer to truck; Sp trocar to barter, Ital truccare to truck truckˈage noun Barter truckˈer noun - Someone who trucks
- A market-gardener (US)
truckˈing noun truckˈ-farm noun (US) A market-garden truckˈ-farmer noun truckˈ-farming noun truck shop noun (historical) A shop operated by employers in which their workers were obliged to buy goods truck system noun The practice of paying workers in goods instead of money, forbidden by the Truck Acts, 1831, etc have no truck with (informal) To have nothing to do with |