lorry
gb/lˈɔɹi/ us/lˈɔɹi/
B1
Anglais
teherautó
NOM
B1
1
teherautó
A2
Schéma d’usage :
a lorry; a lorry of [goods]; a lorry carrying [goods]
A lorry overturned on the motorway and blocked two lanes.
Egy teherautó felborult az autópályán, és elzárta a forgalom elől két sávot.
The supermarket gets a lorry delivery every morning.
A szupermarketbe minden reggel teherautóval hoznak árut.
They loaded the furniture into a removal lorry.
Exemples pédagogiques
The lorry is very big.
A teherautó nagyon nagy.
The lorry carries food to the shops.
A teherautó élelmiszert szállít a boltokba.
Erreur fréquente :
In American English, the usual word is truck, not lorry.
Sens
large vehicle for carrying goods
Collocations
heavy lorry
|goods lorry
|delivery lorry
|lorry driver
|lorry park
|lorry cab
|lorry trailer
|lorry traffic
|to load a lorry
|to drive a lorry
Synonymes
truck (The standard term in American English; also common globally.)
|
HGV (British abbreviation used mainly in official/transport contexts for heavy goods vehicles.)
Thèmes
transport
|travel
|work
|business
Définition
A big vehicle that carries goods on roads (British English).
A large road vehicle used for carrying goods; the usual word in British English for what is called a truck in American English.
Grammaire
Forme canonique
lorry
API
GB/lˈɔɹi/
US/lˈɔɹi/
Syllabes et accentuation
lorry (1 syllabe)
Stress on 1st syllable (lorry)
Formes du mot
Noun
- Base: lorry
- Plural: lorries
Famille de mots
Forms
lorries
noun
Related words
truck
noun A2
Expressions
a lorry-load
1/ə lˈɔɹi lˈoʊd/
fixed phrase
amount that fills a lorry
A large amount, as much as one lorry can carry.
Exemples
- They delivered a lorry-load of gravel for the driveway.
- A lorry-load of donations arrived at the warehouse.
Exemples pédagogiques
- We need a lorry-load of sand.
articulated lorry
1/ɑɹtˈɪkjəlˌeɪtɪd lˈɔɹi/
fixed phrase
lorry with a separate trailer
A very large lorry that pulls a separate trailer.
Exemples
- An articulated lorry was struggling up the hill in the snow.
- The driver parked the articulated lorry in the service area overnight.
Exemples pédagogiques
- That articulated lorry has a long trailer.
ice cream lorry
1/ˈaɪs kɹˈim lˈɔɹi/
fixed phrase
vehicle selling ice cream
A vehicle that sells ice cream in the street.
Exemples
- The children ran outside when they heard the ice cream lorry.
- An ice cream lorry parks by the beach every afternoon in summer.
Exemples pédagogiques
- I bought an ice cream from the ice cream lorry.
lorry park
1/lˈɔɹi pˈɑɹk/
fixed phrase
parking area for lorries
A special parking area for lorries.
Exemples
- He stopped at a lorry park to take a break.
- The new lorry park has showers and secure fencing.
Exemples pédagogiques
- The lorry is in the lorry park.
removal lorry
1/ɹɪmˈuvəl lˈɔɹi/
fixed phrase
lorry for moving house
A big lorry used to move furniture to a new home.
Exemples
- The removal lorry arrived at 8 a.m. and they started packing immediately.
- We hired a removal lorry for the day.
Exemples pédagogiques
- A removal lorry took our furniture to the new flat.