Mack truck

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A motor vehicle produced by Mack Trucks, especially a semi-trailer.
    — their hearts were too small to pump blood to their huge bodies. It was like trying to run a Mack truck on a Volkswagen engine, and their hearts gave out.
  2. A semi-trailer of any brand.
    — Abuses committed by overly aggressive states have resulted in federal rules and paperwork motivated by the fear that without rules and record-keeping requirements, states would show up at the Treasury with a Mack truck to take away all the cash they could.
  3. Any unstoppable or enormous thing coming through. figuratively
    — I sprung out of bed and was shoved back by a Mack truck of a headache. I powered through and felt my way to the door, focusing on a sliver of grayish light glowing through the curtains.

词形变化

Mack trucks plural

词源

Named after the Mack brothers who founded the company in 1900.
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