forklift

forklift — 名詞

1. a type of industrial vehicle with two long metal arms at the front that slide un

1.名詞B1
釋義

堆高機

用來舉升重物的工業車輛

a type of industrial vehicle with two long metal arms at the front that slide under heavy goods and lift them off the ground so they can be moved to another place

例句

Samir uses a forklift to unload pallets from the delivery trucks each morning.

Samir 每天早上都用堆高機從貨車上卸下棧板。

collocation: uses a forklift to [verb] [object]

The forklift broke down, so Nia had to move the boxes by hand.

倉庫裡的堆高機壞了，Nia 只好用手搬運箱子。

inanimate subject + phrasal verb: broke down

同義詞
  • fork truck

    chiefly British; interchangeable with 'forklift' in most contexts

  • lift truck

    formal term; more common in technical manuals and safety documentation

  • pallet truck

    refers specifically to a hand-operated device with two forks, not a powered vehicle — a different piece of equipment

常見錯誤

❌Please bring a forklift to lift this single box.
✅Please bring a forklift to lift this pallet of boxes.
💡forklifts are designed for heavy palletised goods, not single small items.
❌I saw a forklift moving boxes by its own power.
✅I saw a forklift moving boxes; the driver was operating it carefully.
💡a forklift does not move by itself; it is always driven by an operator.