transporter
/trænˈspɔːtə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · [trænspˈɔrtɚ] /trænˈspɔːrtər/ (ame, ipa) · [trænspˈɔrtɚ] /tran(t)s-ˈpȯr-tər How to pronounce transporter (audio) ˈtran(t)s-ˌpȯr-/ (ame, mw)
transporter — 名詞
- transportersingular
- transportersplural
1. a long, heavy-duty truck designed to move large items — particularly cars — betw
載運車
運送大型物品的長型卡車
a long, heavy-duty truck designed to move large items — particularly cars — between different places, such as from a factory to a sales centre
The car transporter pulled into the dealership with twelve new sedans on board.
那輛汽車載運車開進經銷商，車上載著十二輛新轎車。
car transporter + preposition: into [place]
Roya watched the transporter carry old furniture across town to her new apartment.
Roya 看著載運車把她家的舊傢俱運過城市，送到他們的新公寓。
A fleet of transporters leaves the port every morning carrying containers to warehouses inland.
每天早晨，一支載運車車隊從港口出發，將貨櫃運往內陸的倉庫。
The factory manager hired a transporter to ship twenty washing machines to the northern warehouse.
工廠經理僱用了一輛載運車，將二十臺洗衣機運送到北方的倉庫。
Minh's new job was driving a transporter full of motorcycles across three states every week.
Minh 的新工作是開一輛滿載機車的載運車，每週穿越三個州。
- car carrier
more specific; refers only to vehicles that carry cars, not general cargo
- auto transporter
American English equivalent; more common in the US
- haulage truck
broader; can refer to any heavy-goods vehicle, not specifically for cars
文法句型
a/the transporter
[adjective] transporter
用法筆記
In American English the word 'car carrier' or 'auto hauler' is more common for the same type of vehicle.