🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

卡车

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kǎchē

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Truck/trʌk/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #800 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"卡车早上送来了货物。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A large, heavy motor vehicle for transporting goods or troops.

    "The delivery truck arrived early in the morning to drop off the supplies."
  2. 2

    A similar vehicle used for a specific purpose, such as a fire truck or ice cream truck.

    "The fire truck rushed to the scene of the blaze."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'truck' originates from the Middle English 'troch', which meant 'a wheel' or 'pulley'. It evolved from the Latin 'trochus', meaning 'wheel', and has been used since the 15th century to refer to vehicles designed for transporting goods.

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