| 释义 |
Definition of lorry in English: lorrynounPlural lorries ˈlɒri British A large, heavy motor vehicle for transporting goods or troops; a truck. as modifier a lorry driver Example sentencesExamples - He was following a lorry which was travelling at about 45 mph.
- A big lorry smashed into the back of the taxi.
- For health and safety reasons it needs to be put in containers rather than sacks, and it needs different lorries to transport it.
- At first we thought the road was being shaken by a heavy lorry, but then my uncle said it was an earthquake.
- A long-awaited ban on heavy lorries using the notorious stretch of highway was finally announced last year.
- An accident involving a lorry carrying radioactive waste closed a major Scottish road for hours yesterday.
- They say heavy lorries and cars are travelling too fast along the road, which is very narrow in parts.
- Because of the many industrial companies based in the road, its traffic also includes large numbers of heavy lorries.
- The incident occurred when an articulated lorry collided with the back of a blue Volvo estate.
- With the coaches and heavy lorries off the roads the congestion on our highways would be greatly reduced.
- There are 20 tonne lorries coming at speed through the village, where there is a junior school.
- The name is painted on white articulated lorries parked across a massive expanse of yard.
- The village was being covered with dust from the 30-ton lorries thundering through it from the nearby quarry.
- Never, NEVER, overtake a gritting lorry.
- As well as cars, there are frequent buses, heavy lorries and a lot of farm traffic.
- He said a Finnish lorry hit the bridge last month and called for the height to be displayed in metres.
- The move will put another 500 heavy lorries onto Britain's roads each week.
- And he believes drivers of heavy lorries will avoid the new road because he says it will have to be built on a steep incline.
- The gravel lorry swerved off the road after the impact but remained upright.
- When the collection lorry arrives a crane picks up the bins and empties them into the relevant compartments.
Phrases fall off the back of a lorry informal (of goods) be acquired in dubious circumstances. he sells cheap computer games that have fallen off the back of a lorry Example sentencesExamples - "But it's not like stuffing a few pairs of jeans in your bag or a TV falling off the back of a lorry. This bread is keeping us alive."
- When I was a kid my neighbour was always selling things that seemed to have "fallen off the back of a lorry".
- Keep an eye out for pickpockets and remember that many of the things for sale 'fell off the back of a lorry'.
Origin Mid 19th century: perhaps from the given name Laurie. Rhymes Florrie, Laurie, Macquarie, quarry, sorry, whare Definition of lorry in US English: lorrynoun British A large, heavy motor vehicle for transporting goods or troops; a truck. Example sentencesExamples - And he believes drivers of heavy lorries will avoid the new road because he says it will have to be built on a steep incline.
- He said a Finnish lorry hit the bridge last month and called for the height to be displayed in metres.
- A long-awaited ban on heavy lorries using the notorious stretch of highway was finally announced last year.
- The name is painted on white articulated lorries parked across a massive expanse of yard.
- He was following a lorry which was travelling at about 45 mph.
- As well as cars, there are frequent buses, heavy lorries and a lot of farm traffic.
- The gravel lorry swerved off the road after the impact but remained upright.
- The village was being covered with dust from the 30-ton lorries thundering through it from the nearby quarry.
- Because of the many industrial companies based in the road, its traffic also includes large numbers of heavy lorries.
- For health and safety reasons it needs to be put in containers rather than sacks, and it needs different lorries to transport it.
- They say heavy lorries and cars are travelling too fast along the road, which is very narrow in parts.
- The move will put another 500 heavy lorries onto Britain's roads each week.
- A big lorry smashed into the back of the taxi.
- At first we thought the road was being shaken by a heavy lorry, but then my uncle said it was an earthquake.
- There are 20 tonne lorries coming at speed through the village, where there is a junior school.
- The incident occurred when an articulated lorry collided with the back of a blue Volvo estate.
- With the coaches and heavy lorries off the roads the congestion on our highways would be greatly reduced.
- An accident involving a lorry carrying radioactive waste closed a major Scottish road for hours yesterday.
- When the collection lorry arrives a crane picks up the bins and empties them into the relevant compartments.
- Never, NEVER, overtake a gritting lorry.
Origin Mid 19th century: perhaps from the given name Laurie. |