tanker

/ˈtæŋkə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · [tˈæŋkɚ] /ˈtæŋkər/ (ame, ipa) · [tˈæŋkɚ] /ˈtaŋ-kər How to pronounce tanker (audio)/ (ame, mw)

tanker — 名詞

  • tankersingular
  • tankersplural

1. A large ship, truck, or railway carriage built to carry liquids or gases in bulk

1.名詞B1
釋義

油輪；油罐車

運送液體或氣體的船或車輛

A large ship, truck, or railway carriage built to carry liquids or gases in bulk — most often oil, petrol, natural gas, or chemicals.

例句

A Japanese oil tanker hit a coral reef near the port; crews arrived within hours.

一艘日本油輪在港口附近撞上珊瑚礁，人員在數小時內抵達現場。

collocation: oil tanker

The tanker truck brought fresh milk from the dairy farm to the plant every morning.

那輛油罐車每天早晨將鮮奶從牧場運送至加工廠。

同義詞
  • oil tanker

    specifically for crude oil or petroleum products; the most frequent type

  • cargo ship

    broader term; carries any kind of freight, not just liquids

  • tank truck

    the road-vehicle equivalent of a maritime tanker

用法筆記

When used alone, 'tanker' most often refers to an oil tanker — the type most commonly discussed in news. Specify the cargo (LNG tanker, chemical tanker, milk tanker) when the context is not about crude oil.

常見錯誤

❌The tanker carried boxes of electronics.
✅The tanker carried crude oil across the ocean.
💡Tankers transport liquids or gases, not dry packaged goods.

2. A soldier who operates or serves as a crew member of an armoured military tank.

2.名詞B2
釋義

戰車兵

操作軍用戰車的士兵

A soldier who operates or serves as a crew member of an armoured military tank.

例句

Tunde served as a tanker for two years, learning to repair engines in the field.

Tunde 擔任戰車兵兩年，學會了在野外修理引擎。

The tankers trained together every morning, practising how to coordinate their movements across rough ground.

戰車兵們每天早晨一起訓練，練習如何在崎嶇地面上協調移動。

plural: tankers = members of a tank crew

同義詞
  • tank commander

    the senior member of a tank crew, not any crew member

  • gunner

    the crew member who operates the main cannon

  • armoured crewman

    formal military title; used in official documentation

常見錯誤

❌The tanker drove the petrol to the station.
✅The tanker refuelled his tank during combat training.
💡The first sentence uses sense 1 (vehicle), not sense 2 (soldier). Readers may misread the word if the context of armed combat is absent.