lorry
noun (British English)(plural lorries)
(also truck especially in North American English)
Idioms a large vehicle for carrying heavy loads by road 卡车；货运汽车 
a lorry driver 卡车司机 a lorry load of frozen fish 装满一卡车的冷冻鱼 - by lorry
Emergency food supplies were brought in by lorry. 应急食物是用卡车运来的。
Extra ExamplesA dozen people suffered minor injuries after a lorry jackknifed on an icy M62. 一辆卡车在结冰的 62 号高速公路上弯折，有十几人受轻伤。 Her husband was a long-distance lorry driver. 她丈夫是长途卡车司机。 The lorry had shed its load under the bridge. 那辆卡车在桥下撒落了货物。 The motorway was closed by an overturned lorry. 高速公路因为有辆卡车翻车而封闭了。 a refrigerated lorry carrying beer 运载啤酒的冷藏车
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- heavy
- huge
- …
- convoy
- drive
- be laden with something
- carry something
- travel
- …
- driver
- load
- a lorry sheds its load
Word Originmid 19th cent.: perhaps from the given name Laurie.
Idioms
off the back of a lorry
- (British English, informal, humorous)
goods that fell off the back of a lorry were probably stolen. People say or accept that they came ‘off the back of a lorry’ to avoid saying or asking where they really came from. （指货物等）来路不明