trolley

noun

/ˈtrɒli/

/ˈtrɑːli/

Idioms

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(British English)
(North American English cart)
a small vehicle with wheels that can be pushed or pulled along and is used for carrying things手推车；手拉车
- a shopping/supermarket/luggage trolley购物／超市／行李手推车
Extra Examples
- Passengers with trolleys piled high with luggage waited at the check-in desk.旅客们推着行李摞得高高的手推车等候办理登机手续。
- the problem of abandoned trolleys littering the countryside乡间到处是被遗弃的手推车的问题
Topics Shoppingb2, Sports: ball and racket sportsb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- laden
- loaded
- drinks
- …
verb + trolley
- load
- pile
- push
- …
trolley + noun
- service
- dash
preposition
- on a/the trolley
See full entry
(British English)
(US English cart, wagon)
a small table on very small wheels, used for carrying or serving food or drink（运或送食品、饮料的）小推车，台车
- a drinks trolley饮料车
- a tea trolley茶具车
see also tea trolley
Extra Examples
- The waiter was pushing a laden sweet trolley towards our table.服务员推着甜点车向我们这一桌走来。
- They brought breakfast to the room on a trolley.他们用手推车把早餐送到房间。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- laden
- loaded
- drinks
- …
verb + trolley
- load
- pile
- push
- …
trolley + noun
- service
- dash
preposition
- on a/the trolley
See full entry
(also streetcar)
(both US English)
(British English tram, tramcar)
a vehicle driven by electricity, that runs on rails along the streets of a town and carries passengers手推车；手拉车 see also trackless trolley
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verb + trolley
- catch
- ride
- take
- …
trolley + noun
- bus
- car
- line
- …
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Word Originearly 19th cent.: of dialect origin, perhaps from the verb troll.

Idioms

off your trolley

(British English, informal) crazy; stupid失去理智；疯疯癫癫；愚蠢
- If Wilcox is thinking of doing this deal he must be going totally off his trolley.如果威尔科克斯想做这笔交易，他一定是完全疯了。
Topics Personal qualitiesc2