freighter
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++freight·er /ˈfreɪtə $ -ər/ noun [countable] TTa ship or aircraft that carries goods 货船；运输机
Examples from the Corpus
freighter• He said Boeing offered a freighter version of its 747-400 airliner for between $ 165 million and $ 170 million.• Not by the airport and not on a freighter.• An oil tanker, she thought, or perhaps a freighter.• There is a wealth of Coventry-produced aircraft and other exhibits, dominated by the giant Armstrong-Whitworth built Argosy freighter of 1959.• Whiteley, had sighted a convoy of five freighters escorted by three destroyers to the south-west of Pantelleria.• They were mere freighters of doctrine, not questioners, which they unloaded in unquestioned dribs and drabs around their parish.• Waves from a passing freighter rocked the boat, Swensson says, throwing him to the deck.• Only two dozen made it back on to the freighter.From Longman Business Dictionaryfreighterfreight‧er /ˈfreɪtə-ər/ noun [countable]TRANSPORT a ship or aircraft that carries FREIGHTSome freighters can carry as many as 5,000 containers.freight·er nounChineseSyllable
ship Corpus or Business that carries goods a aircraft
freighter
freight‧er /ˈfreɪtə $ -ər/
noun [countable]
a ship or aircraft that carries goods
■ ships that carry goods
▪cargo ship/merchant ship a ship that carries goods rather than people
▪container ship a ship that carries goods in special containers which can be put on trucks
▪freighter a large ship that carries goods
▪oil tanker a ship that carries oil
▪supertanker a very large ship that carries oil
▪barge a ship that carries goods on a river or canal
freight‧er /ˈfreɪtə $ -ər/
noun [countable]a ship or aircraft that carries goods
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