freighter
/ˈfreɪtə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈfreɪtər/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈfrā-tər/ (ame, mw)
freighter — 名詞
- freightersingular
- freightersplural
1. a vessel — usually a big ship, sometimes an aircraft — built mainly to move bulk
貨輪；貨機
專門運送大宗貨物的船或飛機
a vessel — usually a big ship, sometimes an aircraft — built mainly to move bulk goods between ports or airports, not to take paying passengers
A Korean freighter loaded with cars docked in Long Beach early on Tuesday morning.
一艘載滿汽車的韓國貨輪週二一早停靠在長堤港。
subject = vehicle; pattern: freighter loaded with [cargo]
The cargo freighter carried twenty thousand tonnes of grain from Argentina to West Africa.
那艘貨輪載著兩萬噸穀物從阿根廷運往西非。
collocation: cargo freighter; freighter + carry + [bulk goods]
Diego watched a giant freighter pass slowly under the harbour bridge after lunch.
Diego 午餐後看著一艘巨大的貨輪緩緩通過港灣大橋下。
Air freighters now move fresh fish from Tokyo to European supermarkets within a single day.
貨機現在可以在一天之內把東京的新鮮魚貨送到歐洲超市。
A Greek freighter delivered six hundred shipping containers of Brazilian coffee to Rotterdam last week.
上週一艘希臘貨輪把六百個裝著巴西咖啡的貨櫃運送到鹿特丹港。
- cargo ship
common synonym for the sea-going variant; more transparent for learners
- cargo plane
specific to the aircraft variant of a freighter
- carrier
broader — can mean any vessel that transports goods or people
- passenger ship
designed for people rather than goods
- passenger plane
aircraft variant; carries travellers, not bulk cargo
文法句型
a/the + freighter
freighter + carrying/loaded with + cargo
用法筆記
Subject is almost always the vessel itself; common compound forms include 'cargo freighter', 'oil freighter', and 'air freighter'. Distinguish from sense 2, which refers to a person, not a vehicle.
常見錯誤
2. a person or company whose job is to arrange the loading, hiring, and transport o
託運商
替客戶安排貨物裝運與運送的人或公司
a person or company whose job is to arrange the loading, hiring, and transport of goods on a ship or other vehicle
The Lisbon freighter Mr. Costa arranged for our wine to be shipped to customers in Brazil.
里斯本的託運商 Mr. Costa 替我們安排把葡萄酒運給巴西的客戶。
pattern: a freighter arranges + [cargo] + to be shipped
Tariro hired a local freighter to handle the export paperwork for her coffee beans.
Tariro 請了一位當地的貨運代理處理她咖啡豆的出口文件。
collocation: hire a freighter (person sense)
Coastal freighters in the eighteenth century often loaded cotton, sugar, and tobacco for distant buyers.
十八世紀沿岸的託運商經常為遠方買家裝運棉花、蔗糖和菸草。
Otis worked as a freighter at the port, finding ships for his clients' machine parts.
Otis 在港口擔任貨運代理，替客戶的機械零件尋找船隻。
- shipper
more common modern equivalent in everyday business English
- freight forwarder
current industry term for someone who arranges goods transport
- shipping agent
neutral, widely understood alternative
文法句型
the freighter + arranged/chartered + the cargo
用法筆記
Rare in modern English; today most speakers use 'shipper', 'freight forwarder', or 'shipping agent' for this role. Distinguish from sense 1 by context — sense 2 takes verbs like 'arrange', 'hire', or 'charter', not 'sail' or 'dock'.