truckload

名词 n.
/ˈtɹʌkˌloʊd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The contents of a full truck or lorry.
    — A task force of 1,000 gas-masked, ready-to-shoot state troopers and sheriff’s deputies, backed in reserve by 70 truckloads of New York National Guardsmen, liberated 29 other hostages, 25 of whom were injured.
  2. A large number. slang
    — We were expecting just a handful of people to come to the festival, but then a truckload of revellers started arriving at the festival gates.

词形变化

truckloads plural

词汇关系

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *drem-influ.
Ancient Greek τρέχω (trékhō)
Ancient Greek -ῐ́λος (-ĭ́los)
Ancient Greek τροχῐ́λος (trokhĭ́los)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)
Ancient Greek -είᾱ (-eíā)
Ancient Greek τροχῐλείᾱ (trokhĭleíā)der.
Medieval Latin trochleader.
Anglo-Norman troclebor.
Middle English trokel
English truckle?
English truck
English load
English truckload
From truck + load.
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