stocker
stocker — noun
- stockersingular
- stockersplural
1. a factory-built automobile that mechanics modify with racing parts and a high-pe
a factory-built automobile that mechanics modify with racing parts and a high-performance engine so it can compete in motorsport events
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
The mechanics checked every bolt on the stocker before the driver climbed into the cockpit.
Quinn bought an old sedan at an auction and turned it into a stocker over the summer.
The stocker's engine roared to life as the green flag came down on the starting line.
用法筆記
Often shortened to 'stocker' from 'stock car'. The car starts as a standard ('stock') production model.
常見錯誤
2. a young bovine kept on a farm, fed and cared for until it grows large enough to
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
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
Théo's family raises stockers on their farm before selling them to a feedlot.
A healthy stocker gains about two pounds per day on a good feeding program.
Imani's father bought fifty stockers at the auction and trucked them back to the ranch.
- 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
- 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.