Tra từ load - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

load [load loads loaded loading] noun, verb BrE [ləʊd] NAmE [loʊd]
noun

STH CARRIED
1. countable something that is being carried (usually in large amounts) by a person, vehicle, etc.
Syn: ↑cargo
• The trucks waited at the warehouse to pick up their loads.
• The women came down the hill with their loads of firewood.
•These backpacks are designed to carry a heavy load.
•A lorry shed its load (= accidentally dropped its load) on the motorway.
2. countable (often in compounds)the total amount of sth that sth can carry or contain
•a busload of tourists
• They ordered three truckloads of sand.
• He put half a load of washing in the machine.
•The plane took off with a full load.

WEIGHT
3. countable, usually singular the amount of weight that is pressing down on sth
•a load-bearing wall
• Modern backpacks spread the load over a wider area.

LARGE AMOUNT
4. singular (BrE also loads plural)~ (of sth) (informal)a large number or amount of sb/sth; plenty
• She's got loads of friends.
• There's loads to do today.
•He wrote loads and loads of letters to people.
•Uncle Jim brought a whole load of presents for the kids.
•We saw a load of houses before we bought this one.

RUBBISH/NONSENSE
5. singular ~ of rubbish, garbage, nonsense, etc. (informal, especially BrE)used to emphasize that sth is wrong, stupid, bad, etc.
• You're talking a load of rubbish.

WORK
6. countable an amount of work that a person or machine has to do
• Teaching loads have increased in all types of school.
•Extra warmth from sunlight can put an additional load on the air-conditioning system.
see also ↑caseload, ↑workload

RESPONSIBILITY/WORRY
7. countable, usually singular a feeling of responsibility or worry that is difficult to deal with
Syn: ↑burden
•She thought she would not be able to bear the load of bringing up her family alone.
•Knowing that they had arrived safely took a load off my mind.

ELECTRICAL POWER
8. countable the amount of electrical power that is being supplied at a particular time

Word Origin:
Old English lād ‘way, journey, conveyance’, of Germanic origin: related to German Leite, also to ↑lead; compare with ↑lode. The verb dates from the late 15th cent.

Thesaurus:
load noun C
•A truck had shed its load on the way to the depot.
cargo • • consignment • |BrE goods • |formal burden • |business freight •
a load/cargo/consignment of sth
carry (a) load/cargo/consignment/goods/burden/freight
send/deliver/receive (a) load/cargo/consignment/goods

Example Bank:
•A lorry has shed its load on the the A77 near Ballantrae.
•He has a heavy teaching load this year.
•Many companies are burdened by high debt loads.
•Maximum load, including passengers, is 800 pounds.
•The airline simply couldn't handle the passenger load.
•The plane took off with a full load.
•The table creaked under its heavy load.
•They haul loads of produce to market.
•We're trying to spread the load by employing more staff.
•a peak load of about 11.5 GW
•A truck had shed its load on the way to the depot.
•Be careful not to demolish a load-bearing wall.
•They struggled down the hill with their loads of firewood.
Idioms: ↑get a load of somebody ▪ ↑load the dice
Derived: ↑load somebody down

verb

GIVE/RECEIVE LOAD
1. transitive, intransitive to put a large quantity of things or people onto or into sth
•~ sth We loaded the car in ten minutes.
• Can you help me load the dishwasher?
•~ sth (up) (with sth) Men were loading up a truck with timber.
•~ sth/sb (into/onto sth) Sacks were being loaded onto the truck.
•~ (up) | ~ (up with sth) We finished loading and set off.
Opp: ↑unload
2. intransitive to receive a load
•The ship was still loading.
Opp: ↑unload
3. transitive ~ sb with sth to give sb a lot of things, especially things they have to carry
• They loaded her with gifts.

GUN/CAMERA
4. transitive, intransitive to put sth into a weapon, camera or other piece of equipment so that it can be used
•~ sth (into sth) She loaded film into the camera.
•~ sth (with sth) She loaded the camera with film.
•~ (sth) Is the gun loaded?
Opp: ↑unload

COMPUTING
5. transitive, intransitive ~ (sth) to put data or a program into the memory of a computer
•Have you loaded the software?
•Wait for the game to load.
compare ↑download
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English lād ‘way, journey, conveyance’, of Germanic origin: related to German Leite, also to ↑lead; compare with ↑lode. The verb dates from the late 15th cent.

Thesaurus:
load verb T, I
•We loaded the car in ten minutes.
fill • • fill (sth) up • • pack •
Opp: unload
load/fill/fill up/pack sth with sth
load/fill/pack sth in/into sth

Example Bank:
•The furniture was loaded onto the trailer.
•The program automatically loads the file at the appropriate place.
•The walkers were loaded down with huge rucksacks.
•They loaded the boxes into the van.
•They loaded up the lorry with scrap metal.
•We loaded the car with our luggage.
•to load a program onto a computer