单词 | trolley |
释义 | trolley (trɒli ) Word forms: trolleys 1. countable noun B2 A trolley is an object with wheels that you use to transport heavy things such as shopping or luggage. [British] A porter relieved her of the three large cases she had been pushing on a trolley. ...supermarket trolleys. 2. countable noun B2 A trolley is a small table on wheels which is used for serving drinks or food. [British] The waiter had brought the sweet trolley. 3. countable noun B2 A trolley is a bed on wheels for moving patients in hospital. [British] She was left on a hospital trolley for 14 hours without even a glass of water. 4. countable noun A trolley or trolley car is an electric vehicle for carrying people which travels on rails in the streets of a town. [US] He took a northbound trolley on State Street. 5. off one's trolley phrase If you say that someone is off their trolley, you mean that their ideas or behaviour are very strange. [British, informal] Is she off her trolley or what? Image of trolley © 25/04/2018, Shutterstock Idioms: off your trolley [British, informal] crazy or very foolish She has decided to leave London to go and live on a remote island. Most people think she's off her trolley, but she's never been so sure of anything in her life. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: hospital trolley It was later found on a hospital trolley in perfect condition. The Sun He was lying on a hospital trolley but the sides had not been properly secured. Times, Sunday Times Imagine being on a hospital trolley for many hours in a corridor, in pain and not knowing what's going to happen next. Times, Sunday Times We filed in to find a bloke wired up to life-support on a hospital trolley. Times, Sunday Times In another sequence, he injured a stuntman with a hospital trolley. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Should you actually manage to play their very private course, most of them won't mind if you wheel your trolley over the greens. Times, Sunday Times Notice the cravings that come and go as you wheel the trolley around, but treat them as thoughts to which you are not obliged to react. Times, Sunday Times They wheeled their trolleys around the ward, administering mildly carcinogenic ham sandwiches to patients. Times, Sunday Times He wheels the trolley to the cancer research lab where his mice will be implanted with a human cancer tumour. Times, Sunday Times One man wheeled a trolley of apples and vegetable oil. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 手推车 Japanese: ワゴン |
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