tanker

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈtæŋkə/    美 /ˈtæŋkə/|/ˈtæŋkɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A tankship, a vessel used to transport large quantities of fluid.
    — The channel at Chan-chiang is being dredged to a depth of 50 feet enabling tankers of 70,000 tons to call.
  2. A motor truck (lorry) with a tank to hold bulk liquid (with or without internal baffles): a fuel tanker (lorry), petrol tanker, road tanker. UK,US
    — Nor is the government facing a strike by tanker drivers, as was the case in early 1979 during the winter of discontent.
  3. An aircraft carrying a large supply of jet fuel or avgas for aerial refueling of other aircraft, plus equipment allowing the in-air transfer of fuel. usually
    — Without the KC-46 tankers orbiting in friendly airspace, our fighters would've run out of fuel long before reaching the combat zone.
  4. An aircraft built or modified to carry water and/or fire retardant for dropping on wildfires.
    — While our ground teams cut firebreaks in the brush, the tankers kept the fire in the mountains at bay with frequent drops of water and retardant.
  5. A tank car (tank wagon).
  6. Member of a tank crew, or of an armoured unit.
    — On February 19, 1943, American tankers felt the full wrath of the German Army in North Africa when its tank-led spearhead punched a 2-mile-wide hole through American lines at Faid Pass in Tunisia, […]
  7. An airman who serves on the crew of an aerial refueling tanker aircraft.
  8. A longboard. slang
    — I swung the tanker around just in time to take off with the lip.
动词 v.
  1. To transport (oil, etc.) in a tanker. transitive
  2. To carry more fuel than necessary for a flight, in order to avoid having to refuel at a destination where fuel is more expensive or in short supply.

词形变化

tankers plural tankers present,singular,third-person tankering participle,present tankered participle,past tankered past

词汇关系

衍生词
air tanker helitanker oil tanker supertanker tanker ace tanker aircraft tanker boot tankerful tankerload tankerman tanker truck think-tanker
相关词
crewman

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Prakrit 𑀝𑀁𑀓 (ṭaṃka)
Gujarati ટાંકી (ṭā̃kī)bor.
Portuguese tanquebor.
English tank
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English tanker
From tank + -er.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Prakrit 𑀝𑀁𑀓 (ṭaṃka)
Gujarati ટાંકી (ṭā̃kī)bor.
Portuguese tanquebor.
English tank
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English tanker
From tank + -er.
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