- (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。
Collocationssee also trailer truckDriving 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
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorrya2A 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- heavy
- heavy-duty
- …
- convoy
- fleet
- drive
- park
- load
- …
- drive
- roll
- rumble
- …
- 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
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by bus and trainb1The 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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- railway
- cattle
- coal
- …
- pull
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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。
Extra ExamplesThe 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- heavy
- heavy-duty
- …
- convoy
- fleet
- drive
- park
- load
- …
- drive
- roll
- rumble
- …
- 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
Word OriginMiddle 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