单词 | semitruck |
释义 | semitruck in British English (ˌsɛmɪˈtrʌk) noun US an articulated lorry consisting of an engine pulling a semitrailer Also called (more fully): semitrailer trucksemitruck in American English (ˈsemiˌtrʌk, ˈsemai-) noun tractor-trailer Also: semi-truck Word origin [1970–75; semi(trailer) + truck1]This word is first recorded in the period 1970–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Heimlich maneuver, consciousness-raising, postmodernism, relational database, salsa |
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