| 单词 | trailer |
| 释义 | trailer (once / 1925 pages) 1n 2n 3n A trailer is a wheeled vehicle that can't move on its own — it needs to be pulled by a car, truck, or other vehicle. Some bike-riding parents tow their small children behind them in bicycle trailers. The trailer you might put a boat on, hitching it to your truck, trails behind the vehicle that's pulling it. Another meaning of trailer is a film preview or advertisement that theaters show before a movie. It might seem strange to call it a trailer when it comes first, but the earliest trailers, at the start of the 20th century, came after the movie, trailing it. WORD FAMILYtrailer: semitrailer, trailers+/semitrailer: semitrailers/trail: trailed, trailer, trailing, trails/trailing: trailings USAGE EXAMPLESA preliminary investigation shows two Fairfax men were traveling in a truck with a lowboy flatbed trailer attached. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) The driver wasn’t hurt, but the truck and trailer were deemed a total loss. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) It was clear from all the enraged comments on the YouTube trailer that a certain segment of the population wouldn’t be satisfied no matter what. Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) 1 1n a large transport conveyance designed to be pulled by a truck or tractor Hypo|Hyper car carrier a trailer that can be loaded with new cars for delivery to sales agencies semi, semitrailera trailer having wheels only in the rear; the front is supported by the towing vehicle conveyance, transport something that serves as a means of transportation 2n a wheeled vehicle that can be pulled by a car or truck and is equipped for occupancy 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper house trailer camper trailer a trailer equipped for occupancy (especially for holiday trips) manufactured home, mobile homea large house trailer that can be connected to utilities and can be parked in one place and used as permanent housing wheeled vehicle a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people n an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future 3Syn|Hyper preview, prevue ad, advert, advertisement, advertising, advertizement, advertizing a public promotion of some product or service n someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind Syn|Hypo|Hyper dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, poke lingerer, loiterer someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place plodder, slowcoach, slowpoke, stick-in-the-mudsomeone who moves slowly potterer, putterera person who putters about straggler, strayersomeone who strays or falls behind bum, do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer person who does no work |
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