stocker
stocker — 名詞
- stockersingular
- stockersplural
1. a factory-built automobile that mechanics modify with racing parts and a high-pe
改裝賽車
經強化改裝可參賽的普通轎車
a factory-built automobile that mechanics modify with racing parts and a high-performance engine so it can compete in motorsport events
Jack spent the weekend tuning his stocker for the next dirt-track race.
Jack 花了一整個週末調校他的改裝賽車，準備參加下一場泥地賽。
tuning his stocker for a race
Unlike a family sedan, a stocker has a reinforced roll cage and racing suspension.
和家用轎車不同，改裝賽車配有強化防滾籠和賽車懸吊系統。
reinforced roll cage and racing suspension
The mechanics checked every bolt on the stocker before the driver climbed into the cockpit.
技師仔細檢查了改裝賽車上的每一顆螺栓，然後車手才爬進駕駛艙。
Quinn bought an old sedan at an auction and turned it into a stocker over the summer.
Quinn 在拍賣會上買了一輛舊轎車，花了一個夏天把它改成了改裝賽車。
The stocker's engine roared to life as the green flag came down on the starting line.
綠旗在起跑線揮下時，改裝賽車的引擎轟然發動起來。
用法筆記
Often shortened to 'stocker' from 'stock car'. The car starts as a standard ('stock') production model.
常見錯誤
2. a young bovine kept on a farm, fed and cared for until it grows large enough to
幼畜
飼養待售或配種的年輕家畜
a young bovine kept on a farm, fed and cared for until it grows large enough to be sold for meat or used as a breeding parent
The farmer sold a dozen young stockers at the weekly livestock market.
農夫在每週的牲畜市場賣掉了十幾頭幼畜。
sold a dozen young stockers
Each spring, the ranch hand separates the new stockers into a separate feeding pen.
每年春天，牧場工人會把新來的幼畜分到單獨的飼養欄裡。
separates the new stockers into a feeding pen
Théo's family raises stockers on their farm before selling them to a feedlot.
Théo 一家在他們的農場上飼養幼畜，然後賣給飼養場。
A healthy stocker gains about two pounds per day on a good feeding program.
在良好的飼養計畫下，一頭健康的幼畜每天大約增重兩磅。
Imani's father bought fifty stockers at the auction and trucked them back to the ranch.
Imani 的父親在拍賣會上買了五十頭幼畜，用卡車載回了牧場。
- feeder
similar meaning in farming; a young animal being fed for market
- yearling
a young animal between one and two years old, often used interchangeably in cattle farming
- store cattle
British term for young cattle raised for fattening
- mature bull
an adult male bovine ready for breeding, not a young animal being raised
用法筆記
Used mainly in North American farming contexts. The animals are typically cattle (steers or heifers), but the term can refer to other young livestock being fattened.