flatcar
/ˈflætkɑː(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈflætkɑːr/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈflat-ˌkär/ (ame, mw)
flatcar — 名詞
1. a train car with a flat floor and no roof or walls, designed for carrying large
平車；平板車
無車頂及車壁的鐵路貨運車廂
a train car with a flat floor and no roof or walls, designed for carrying large or heavy items such as vehicles, pipes, or building materials
The crane lifted the steel beams onto the flatcar before the train left.
起重機在火車出發前將鋼梁吊到平車上。
collocation: lift/load onto a flatcar
Each flatcar on the freight train carried two cars from the factory to the port.
貨運列車上的每輛平車載著兩輛車，從工廠運往港口。
flatcar as subject + carrying [goods]
Rail workers used flatcars to transport large pipes across the desert route.
鐵路工人用平板車運送大型管線穿越沙漠路線。
A flatcar loaded with timber derailed near the river crossing last night.
一輛滿載木材的平車昨晚在河橋附近出軌。
The railway company ordered fifty new flatcars for moving construction equipment.
這家鐵路公司訂購了五十輛新的平板車用來運送施工設備。
用法筆記
Flatcar is a countable noun. It is a specialized term used mainly in railway and freight transport contexts. In informal American English, it is sometimes shortened to flat.