Word · Frequency #3524
lorries
卡车；货车
lorries is the plural of lorry.
a large motor vehicle used for carrying goods or heavy loads; a truck
无侧板低架马车；卡车；货车；[化] 载重汽车
In use
The lorry delivered fresh fruit to the market early this morning.
A large lorry was parked outside the warehouse.
They loaded the furniture onto a lorry for the move.
a lorry
注意：lorry 为英式英语，美式英语常用 truck。
A lorry was blocking the road.
一辆卡车堵住了路。
lorries
Many lorries were parked in the depot.
许多卡车停在了车场。
by lorry
The goods were transported by lorry.
货物由卡车运输。
Common mistakes
He drives lorry to work every day.He drives a lorry to work every day.
可数名词单数前一般需要冠词，这里缺少不定冠词'a'或限定词。
There are two big lorrys on the road.There are two big lorries on the road.
lorry以辅音加y结尾，复数应变y为i再加-es构成lorries。
Connections
Collocations
- drive a lorry
- 驾驶卡车
- My uncle used to drive a lorry for a living.我叔叔曾经以驾驶卡车为生。
- load a lorry
- 装载卡车
- They spent the whole morning loading the lorry with bricks.他们花了整个上午把砖块装上卡车。
- lorry driver
- 卡车司机
- Lorry drivers often have to spend long hours on the road.卡车司机经常需要在路上长时间行驶。
- lorry load
- 一卡车的货物
- The company sent a lorry load of supplies to the disaster area.公司发送了一卡车的物资到灾区。
- heavy lorry
- 重型卡车
- Heavy lorries are not allowed on this road after 10 p.m.晚上10点后，重型卡车禁止在这条路上行驶。
- breakdown lorry
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆“lorry”（卡车）：发音类似“拉利”，想象一辆拉货的卡车很“利”（快），对比美国“truck”。
Context & Register
语域：中性。常见语境：物流运输、建筑工地、英式日常运输。注：lorry在英式英语中常用，美式英语则多用truck。
Grammar Note
复数形式为 lorries.
Pronunciation & Spelling
True rhymes include 'sorry'; note that words like 'carry', 'ferry', 'berry', 'merry', 'parry' are spelled similarly but do not rhyme (different vowel).
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.