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a freighter + [present participle phrase]
用现在分词短语修饰 freighter，可说明其装载的货物；若语境为航空，可指货机。
A freighter carrying medical supplies arrived at the port.
一艘运载医疗物资的货船抵达了港口。
货船；货轮
freighters — plural of freighter
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
货船；货轮
a cargo ship
A freighter carrying medical supplies arrived at the port.
一艘运载医疗物资的货船抵达了港口。
装载船舶的人。
One who loads a ship.
货船:运载货物的船只
a cargo ship
租船并装船的人。
One who charters and loads a ship.
负责收货和转运货物的人。
One employed in receiving and forwarding freight.
The old freighter carried grain across the Atlantic for twenty years.
这艘旧货轮在大西洋上运载谷物长达二十年。
Freighters are loaded and unloaded quickly at this port.
货轮在这个港口快速装卸货物。
A large freighter was anchored near the harbor waiting for the crew.
一艘大型货轮停泊在港口附近等待船员。
用现在分词短语修饰 freighter，可说明其装载的货物；若语境为航空，可指货机。
A freighter carrying medical supplies arrived at the port.
一艘运载医疗物资的货船抵达了港口。
by freighter 常与 ship、send、transport 等动词连用，表示通过货船（或货机）运输。
The machinery was shipped by freighter.
这些机器是用货轮运送的。
可用 ocean、cargo、long-haul 等修饰语说明货船或货机的类型。
The company operates several ocean freighters.
这家公司经营着几艘远洋货轮。
Not this
The goods ship departed at noon.
Use this
The freighter departed at noon.
汉语“货船”不能逐词直译成 goods ship；英语中表示运货的船用 freighter 或 cargo ship。goods 常指商品，goods ship 不是自然搭配，所以换用 freighter。
Not this
They freightered the machines to Japan.
Use this
They freighted the machines to Japan.
freighter 是名词（货船/货机），没有动词用法。表示“运输货物”用动词 freight，其过去式是 freighted，而不是在名词后加 -ed。
Not this
The freighter carried freights.
Use this
The freighter carried freight.
freight（货物）是不可数名词，不能用复数 freights；表示运载货物直接说 carried freight。注意 freighter 指运货的船或飞机，是可数名词，本身可以加 s。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
远洋货轮
The ocean freighter crossed the Atlantic in two weeks.
那艘远洋货轮两周内横渡了大西洋。
散货船
Bulk freighters carry grain, coal, and other loose goods.
散货船运载谷物、煤炭和其他散装货物。
集装箱货轮
Container freighters have made global trade much cheaper.
集装箱货轮使全球贸易便宜了许多。
货轮船长
The freighter captain guided the ship safely through the storm.
货轮船长安全地引导船只通过了风暴。
登上货轮
They boarded a freighter to travel from Europe to Asia.
他们登上货轮从欧洲前往亚洲。
货机
The cargo freighter took off at dawn carrying relief supplies.
货机在黎明起飞，运载救援物资。
大货轮继续航行，那是一条艰险的航路。
This line is from Gordon Lightfoot's 1976 song about the sinking of a large freighter, the Edmund Fitzgerald.
这句歌词出自戈登·莱特富特1976年的一首关于大货轮“埃德蒙·菲茨杰拉德号”沉没的歌曲。
Use freighters naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 freight 想成“货运”，加上 -er 就像“运货的大家伙”——脑补一艘大货轮或大货机，载满集装箱。记住：freighter 就是干货运的船或飞机。
语域：neutral 常见场景：航运、航空货运 freighter 多用于书面语或航运、航空货运等专业语境，语气比较中性；具体指货船还是货机，需要结合上下文判断。
traitor, waiter, greater, later, skater 与 freighter 押韵（重读元音 /eɪ/ + /tɝ/），注意拼写差异。fighter 是形似词，但发 /ˈfaɪtɝ/，不押韵，注意区分。
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