truck
part of speech
noun (truck, trucks)
meaning for a pupil
1) A truck is a big vehicle for carrying heavy things (UK also: lorry). tree →
2) A truck is also a small cart with wheels for moving things by hand: a hand truck. tree →
3) A food truck is a van that cooks and sells food. tree →
4) Truck can also mean garden vegetables grown to be sold. tree →
sense in the lessons
Maths: a carrier with a load (boxes per truck), trips, weight; trucks needed = total ÷ load, rounded up. Everyday: fire truck, dump truck, garbage truck (UK: bin lorry), tow truck, pickup truck. Safety: big trucks have blind spots — stay far away when they turn.
examples
- Each truck carries 20 boxes. tree →
- There are 5 trucks. tree →
- A truck can hold 3 tons. tree →
- How many trucks are needed for 90 boxes? tree →
- The fire truck raced down the street. tree →
- The garbage truck comes on Mondays. tree →
- We bought tacos from the food truck. tree →
- Never walk behind a truck that is backing up. tree →
- Yer you bin gobblin' up my green truck, en now you tryin' ter tote off my trap. tree →
note
Countable: a truck, trucks. Truck (US) = lorry (UK). Load per truck is a rate; total = trucks × load; trucks needed = total ÷ load, rounded up. Trap: 90 boxes in trucks of 20 need 5 trucks, not 4.5.
In the corpora
- Recycling is good, but it still uses energy and trucks.
- "Fell off a truck" is the US joke meaning the goods were stolen.
- Lorry and truck drivers have big blind spots beside their cab, where they cannot see a cyclist at all.
- Example: friends in Brisbane dare a boy to run across the road before a truck comes.
- Never ride up the inside of a truck or lorry at a junction: the driver cannot see you and it may turn.
Trees and pragmatics
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