flatbed

/ˈflætbed/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈflætbed/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈflat-ˌbed/ (ame, mw)

flatbed — 名詞

  • flatbedsingular
  • flatbedsplural

1. a lorry or trailer whose cargo area is one open platform — no walls and no roof

1.名詞C1
釋義

平板車

後方為開放式平台、無頂無側的卡車或拖車

a lorry or trailer whose cargo area is one open platform — no walls and no roof — so that bulky things like timber, steel beams, or tractors can be loaded straight on from any side.

例句

Rodrigo backed the flatbed up to the warehouse so the workers could load the steel pipes.

Rodrigo 把平板車倒車停到倉庫旁，方便工人把鋼管搬上去。

noun in main clause; typical 'back the flatbed up to [place]' collocation

The farmer stacked twelve bales of hay on the flatbed and drove slowly toward the barn.

農夫在平板車上堆了十二捆乾草，慢慢開往穀倉。

preposition pattern: 'on the flatbed' for cargo

同義詞
  • flatbed truck

    fuller compound; same vehicle, more explicit

  • flatbed trailer

    the trailer version, pulled by a separate cab

  • lorry

    British generic term; not necessarily open-platform

反義詞
  • box truck

    enclosed cargo area with walls and roof — the opposite layout

  • van

    fully enclosed; smaller than a flatbed

文法句型

a flatbed

on a flatbed

用法筆記

Often used with 'truck' or 'trailer' as a compound ('flatbed truck', 'flatbed trailer') when the speaker wants to be explicit; bare 'flatbed' is common once context is established.

常見錯誤

❌I packed my books into the flatbed.
✅I packed my books onto the flatbed.
💡a flatbed has no walls, so cargo goes ON it, not INTO it.

flatbed — 形容詞