truck

camion, autocarro

Grande veicolo stradale usato per trasportare merci o trainare un rimorchio pesante.

In inglese semplice: A large road vehicle used for carrying goods or pulling a heavy trailer.

• The truck is full of boxes.
• Two trucks delivered wood to the building site.
• Who parked that truck outside our house?

Sinonimi: lorry

Espressioni comuni: delivery truck, truck driver, drive a truck

trasportare in camion

Portare merci da qualche parte con un camion.

In inglese semplice: To carry goods somewhere in a large road vehicle.

• They truck food to the camp.
• The company trucked supplies across the border.
• Sand is trucked in from a nearby quarry.

Come si usa: truck something to/from somewhere (They truck fresh fruit from the farms to the city.)

Sinonimi: transport, haul

Espressioni comuni: truck something in, truck something out, truck something to somewhere

guidare un camion

Guidare un camion, soprattutto per lavoro e su lunghe distanze.

In inglese semplice: To drive a large goods vehicle, especially over long distances as a job.

• My uncle trucks for a living.
• She trucked through the night to reach Denver.
• He has been trucking for twenty years.

Come si usa: truck across/through somewhere (He trucks across the country every week.)

Sinonimi: drive a truck

Espressioni comuni: truck across something, truck for someone, truck all night

andare avanti, procedere spedito

Procedere velocemente o continuare con energia nonostante le difficoltà.

In inglese semplice: To move along quickly or keep going with energy despite difficulties.

• We were trucking along the road.
• She trucked past us with her heavy backpack.
• Despite the setbacks, the team kept on trucking.

Sinonimi: keep going, press on

Contrari: stop

Espressioni comuni: keep on truck, truck along, truck down something