stocker

IPA/ˈstɒk.ər/
KK[stˈɑkɚ]IPA/ˈstɑː.kɚ/

stocker — noun

  • stockersingular
  • stockersplural

1. a factory-built automobile that mechanics modify with racing parts and a high-pe

1.名詞B1
釋義

a factory-built automobile that mechanics modify with racing parts and a high-performance engine so it can compete in motorsport events

例句

Jack spent the weekend tuning his stocker for the next dirt-track race.

tuning his stocker for a race

Unlike a family sedan, a stocker has a reinforced roll cage and racing suspension.

reinforced roll cage and racing suspension

同義詞
  • stock car

    the full, more formal term for the same type of racing vehicle

  • race car

    broader term; a stocker is one specific category of race car

用法筆記

Often shortened to 'stocker' from 'stock car'. The car starts as a standard ('stock') production model.

常見錯誤

He drives a stocker to work every day.
He drives a stocker at the weekend racetrack.
💡A stocker is a modified racing car, not an ordinary daily-use vehicle.

2. a young bovine kept on a farm, fed and cared for until it grows large enough to

2.名詞B1
釋義

a young bovine kept on a farm, fed and cared for until it grows large enough to be sold for meat or used as a breeding parent

例句

The farmer sold a dozen young stockers at the weekly livestock market.

sold a dozen young stockers

Each spring, the ranch hand separates the new stockers into a separate feeding pen.

separates the new stockers into a feeding pen

同義詞
  • feeder

    similar meaning in farming; a young animal being fed for market

  • yearling

    a young animal between one and two years old, often used interchangeably in cattle farming

  • store cattle

    British term for young cattle raised for fattening

反義詞
  • mature bull

    an adult male bovine ready for breeding, not a young animal being raised

用法筆記

Used mainly in North American farming contexts. The animals are typically cattle (steers or heifers), but the term can refer to other young livestock being fattened.

常見錯誤

The butcher sold fresh stocker meat.
The farmer brought the stockers to the auction.
💡Stocker refers to a living young animal being raised, not meat or a dead animal.