lorries

英 [ˈlɒriz]

美 [ˈlɔriz]

n.  卡车; 货运汽车
lorry的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 卡车；货车
  Alorryis a large vehicle that is used to transport goods by road.
  1. ...a seven-ton lorry.
     7吨的卡车

in AM, use 美国英语用 truck


• PHRASE （货物等）来路不明，是老鼠货，是贼赃
  If someone says that something has fallenoff the back of a lorry, or that they got somethingoff the back of a lorry, they mean that they bought something that they knew was stolen.
  1. He gets caviare that has fallen off the back of a lorry...
     他能弄到来路不明的鱼子酱。
  2. Pete once bought the boys a bicycle cheap off the back of a lorry.
     皮特有一回给孩子们买了一辆便宜的老鼠货自行车。

双语例句

• Two of the lorries, carrying industrial resin and paint thinner, burst into flames.
  其中运载工业树脂和涂料稀释剂的两辆卡车起火了。
• His car has been jammed in by several lorries.
  他的汽车被几辆货车堵塞住了。
• This week's bombs were similar in type and intent, though minibuses rather than lorries were used;
  尽管用的是小型公共汽车而非卡车，这个星期的炸弹袭击在类型和意图上与以前相似；
• Alongside the railway line, in a kaleidoscope of colours, cars and lorries waited patiently.
  各种颜色的汽车和卡车沿着铁路线耐心等着。
• The bridge can take four lorries abreast.
  这座大桥可容4辆卡车并列通行。
• The lorries always left in the dead of night when there were few witnesses around to record the fact.
  这些卡车一般都在夜深人静的时候开走，那时候周围没什么人，不会被看到。
• His car has been jammed in by several lorries, and he can't get it out.
  他的汽车被几辆货车堵塞住了，没法开出来。
• Today there are 620 million private cars worldwide, to say nothing of buses, vans and lorries.
  如今，全球光私人小汽车就有6亿2千万辆，更不用说公共汽车、货车和卡车了。
• I heard the engines revving as the lorries backed and turned.
  卡车倒车和掉头的时候，我听见发动机的轰鸣声。
• Tractors and container lorries have completely obstructed the road.
  拖拉机和集装箱货车已经将这条路完全堵死了。