truck

• n. 卡车；交易；手推车
• vi. 驾驶卡车；以物易物
• vt. 交易；以卡车运输
• adj. （美）运货汽车的
• n. (Truck)人名；(德)特鲁克

来自希腊语 trokhos,轮子，来自 trekhein,滚动，跑，来自 PIE*dhregh,跑，可能变形自 PIE*dhragh, 推，拉，词源同 drag,tractor.引申词义手推车，后用于指卡车。

truck

truck: English has two distinct words truck. The earlier, ‘dealings’, as in ‘have no truck with’, was originally a verb, meaning ‘exchange, barter’ [13]. It was borrowed from Anglo- Norman *truquer, but its ultimate ancestry is unknown. Americans call a ‘market garden’ a truck farm, from the former practice of bartering its produce. Truck ‘goods vehicle’ [17] is generally assumed to be short for truckle; it was originally used for a ‘small wooden wheel’, particularly one on the carriage of a naval cannon.
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truck (n.1)

"vehicle," 1610s, originally "small wheel" (especially one on which the carriages of a ship's guns were mounted), probably from Latin trochus "iron hoop," from Greek trokhos "wheel," from trekhein "to run" (see truckle (n.)). Sense extended to "cart for carrying heavy loads" (1774), then in American English to "motor vehicle for carrying heavy loads" (1913), a shortened form of motor truck in this sense (1901).

There have also been lost to the enemy 6,200 guns, 2,550 tanks and 70,000 trucks, which is the American name for lorries, and which, I understand, has been adopted by the combined staffs in North-West Africa in exchange for the use of the word petrol in place of gasolene. [Winston Churchill, address to joint session of U.S. Congress, May 19, 1943]

Truck stop is attested from 1956.

truck (v.1)

"to exchange, barter," early 13c., from Old North French troquer "to barter, exchange," from Medieval Latin trocare "barter," of unknown origin. Rare before 16c. Sense of "have dealings with" is first recorded 1610s. The noun is first recorded 1550s, "act or practice of barter." Sense of "vegetables raised for market" is from 1784, preserved in truck farm (1866).

truck (v.2)

"to convey on a truck," 1809, from truck (n.). Verbal meaning "dance, move in a cool way," first attested 1935, from popular dance of that name in U.S., supposedly introduced at Cotton Club, 1933. Related: Trucked; trucking.

truck (n.2)

1530s, "act or practice of barter, trading by exchange," from French troque, from troquer (see truck (v.1)). Sense of "dealings" is from 1620s. "Exchange of commodities, barter," then "commodities for barter and exchange." In this sense the word was given a wide use in 19c. American English: "Truck at first meant market-garden produce; then it came to mean stuff in general, including 'doctor-stuff.' SPUN TRUCK is knitting work" [Thornton, "American Glossary," 1912]. Sense of "vegetables raised for market" is from 1784, preserved in truck farm (1866).

1. Now and then they heard the roar of a heavy truck.

他们不时地听到大卡车的轰鸣声。

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2. The truck was trundling along the escarpment of the Zambesi valley.

卡车沿着赞比西山谷的绝壁缓缓行进。

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3. The truck lumbered across the parking lot toward the road.

卡车隆隆地驶过停车场准备上路。

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4. The truck sways wildly, careening down narrow mountain roads.

卡车疯狂地左摇右晃，从狭窄的山路上急冲而下。

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5. He pulled to a stop behind a pickup truck.

他在一辆皮卡货车后面停了下来。

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