Tra từ truck - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

truck [truck trucks trucked trucking] noun, verb BrE [trʌk] NAmE [trʌk]
noun

1. (especially NAmE) (BrE also lorry)a large vehicle for carrying heavy loads by road
•a truck driver
2. (BrE) (NAmE car)an open railway vehicle for carrying goods or animals
•a cattle truck
3. a vehicle that is open at the back, used for carrying goods, soldiers, animals, etc
•a delivery/garbage/farm truck
4. a vehicle for carrying things, that is pulled or pushed by hand
see also ↑forklift truck, ↑pickup truck, ↑salt truck

Word Origin:
Middle English (denoting a solid wooden wheel): perhaps short for truckle in the sense ‘wheel, pulley’. The sense ‘wheeled vehicle’ dates from the late 18th cent.

Collocations:
Driving
Having a car
have/own/ (BrE) run a car
ride a motorcycle/motorbike
drive/prefer/use an automatic/a manual/(NAmE, informal) a stick shift
have/get your car serviced/fixed/repaired
buy/sell a used car/(especially BrE) a second-hand car
take/pass/fail a (BrE) driving test/(both NAmE) driver's test/road test
get/obtain/have/lose/carry a/your (BrE) driving licence/(NAmE) driver's license
Driving
put on/fasten/ (NAmE) buckle/wear/undo your seat belt/safety belt
put/turn/leave the key in the ignition
start the car/engine
(BrE) change/ (NAmE) shift/put sth into gear
press/put your foot on the brake pedal/clutch/accelerator
release the clutch/(especially BrE) the handbrake/(both NAmE) the emergency brake/the parking brake
drive/park/reverse the car
(BrE) indicate left/right
(especially NAmE) signal that you are turning left/right
take/miss (BrE) the turning/(especially NAmE) the turn
apply/hit/slam on the brake(s)
beep/honk/ (especially BrE) toot/ (BrE) sound your horn
Problems and accidents
a car skids/crashes (into sth)/collides (with sth)
swerve to avoid an oncoming car/a pedestrian
crash/lose control of the car
have/be in/be killed in/survive a car crash/a car accident/(NAmE) a car wreck/a hit-and-run
be run over/knocked down by a car/bus/truck
dent/hit (BrE) the bonnet/(NAmE) the hood
break/crack/shatter (BrE) the windscreen/(NAmE) the windshield
blow/ (especially BrE) burst/puncture (BrE) a tyre/(NAmE) a tire
get/have (BrE) a flat tyre/a flat tire/a puncture
inflate/change/fit/replace/check a tyre/tire
Traffic and driving regulations
be caught in/get stuck in/sit in a traffic jam
cause congestion/tailbacks/traffic jams/gridlock
experience/face lengthy delays
beat/avoid the traffic/the rush hour
break/observe/ (NAmE) drive the speed limit
be caught on (BrE) a speed camera
stop sb for/pull sb over for/ (BrE, informal) be done for speeding
(both informal) run/ (BrE) jump a red light/the lights
be arrested for/charged with (BrE) drink-driving/(both US) driving under the influence (DUI)/driving while intoxicated (DWI)
be banned/ (BrE) disqualified from driving

Example Bank:
•A convoy of heavy trucks rumbled past.
•Behind them, the fuel truck exploded.
•She heard the truck parking in front of the building.
•Zach was playing with a toy truck on the floor.
•a monster truck rally
•a truck carrying sacks of vegetables
•a truck load of grain
•sales of cars and light trucks
•A tanker truck filled with gas exploded on the highway.
•An ammunition truck exploded just yards from the station.
•He was driving a dump truck loaded with gravel.
•The bus crashed into a truck loaded with timber.
•The only way of getting out of the city was in a cattle truck.
•The soldiers were travelling in the back of the truck.
•The truck came loose from the engine and began to roll backwards.
•a cattle/coal truck
Idiom: ↑have no truck with somebody
Derived Word: ↑trucking

verb ~ sth (+ adv./prep.) (especially NAmE)
to take sth somewhere by truck
• Water had to be trucked in to the town.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English (denoting a solid wooden wheel): perhaps short for truckle in the sense ‘wheel, pulley’. The sense ‘wheeled vehicle’ dates from the late 18th cent.

See also: ↑car ▪ ↑lorry