payload
payload — 名詞
- payloadsingular
- payloadsplural
1. the goods, packages, or passengers that a truck, aircraft, ship, or other commer
載貨量
車輛或飛機運送的貨物
the goods, packages, or passengers that a truck, aircraft, ship, or other commercial vehicle is designed to transport from one place to another — not including the vehicle's own fuel, crew, or structural weight.
Each delivery van in Ritu's fleet can handle a payload of up to 1,200 kilograms of fresh produce.
Ritu 車隊的每輛送貨廂型車最多可載運 1，200 公斤的新鮮農產品。
collocation: payload of [quantity] [goods]
The logistics coordinator checked the aircraft's payload before approving the cargo manifest for the Taipei flight.
物流協調員檢查了飛機的載貨量，然後批准了飛往臺北的貨物清單。
Salma's truck was carrying a full payload of steel beams to the construction site in Taichung.
Salma 的卡車載著滿車的鋼樑前往臺中的建築工地。
Bao calculated that the ferry's maximum payload would allow only twelve more cars on board.
Bao 計算後發現渡輪的最大載貨量只能再容納十二輛車上船。
- tare weight
the empty weight of the vehicle itself, not the goods it carries
用法筆記
Often contrasted with 'tare weight' (the vehicle's empty weight). In logistics documents, 'payload capacity' is the standard phrase for a vehicle's maximum allowed load.
常見錯誤
2. the warhead or explosive material inside a missile, bomb, or rocket that inflict
彈頭
飛彈或炸彈的爆炸裝置
the warhead or explosive material inside a missile, bomb, or rocket that inflicts damage when it reaches the target.
The cruise missile carried a conventional payload of high explosives rather than a nuclear warhead.
這枚巡弋飛彈攜帶的是傳統高爆炸藥彈頭，而非核彈頭。
collocation: conventional payload / nuclear payload
Engineers at the defence lab are designing a smaller guidance system so the missile can carry a heavier explosive payload.
國防實驗室的工程師正在設計更小的導引系統，讓飛彈能搭載更重的爆炸彈頭。
The treaty banned all missiles with a payload exceeding 500 kilograms of explosive material.
這項條約禁止所有彈頭重量超過 500 公斤爆炸物的飛彈。
Andrés explained that the drone's payload consisted of two precision-guided munitions for the training exercise.
Andrés 解釋說，這架無人機的彈頭由兩枚訓練用的精確導引彈藥組成。
- warhead
more specific term for the explosive part of a missile, often used interchangeably with this sense of 'payload'
- charge
general term for an explosive filling; less specific to missile delivery
- explosive load
descriptive phrase emphasizing the quantity of explosives
用法筆記
Frequently modified by adjectives describing the type of explosive material: 'nuclear payload,' 'conventional payload,' 'chemical payload.' Often used in discussions of arms control and military capability.
常見錯誤
3. the scientific devices and specialized equipment — such as cameras, sensors, and
酬載
太空船攜帶的科學設備
the scientific devices and specialized equipment — such as cameras, sensors, and communication gear — that a rocket carries into orbit as the reason for the launch.
The satellite's main payload is a high-resolution telescope that will map distant galaxies for five years.
這顆衛星的主要酬載是一臺高解析度望遠鏡，將在五年內繪製遙遠星系的分布圖。
collocation: main payload
Iris helped design the radiation sensor that became part of the Mars rover's scientific payload.
Iris 協助設計了輻射感測器，該感測器後來成為火星探測車科學酬載的一部分。
collocation: scientific payload
The space agency announced that the rocket will carry a commercial communications satellite as its primary payload.
太空總署宣布這枚火箭將載運一顆商用通訊衛星作為其主要酬載。
Engineers tested the payload bay doors to make sure they would open correctly in zero gravity.
工程師測試了酬載艙的艙門，確保它們在零重力環境下能正常開啟。
- cargo
used informally for spacecraft payloads, though less technical
- instrument package
a specific subset of payload — the scientific tools on board
- mission load
descriptive; less commonly used in professional aerospace writing
用法筆記
In aerospace contexts, the payload is the reason for the launch — everything else (the rocket stages, fuel, guidance systems) exists only to get the payload to its destination. The 'payload bay' or 'payload fairing' is the compartment that protects it during launch.