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    trailer

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Bicycles, carts, horses, Television & radio, Film
    trail·er /ˈtreɪlə $ -ər/ ●●○ S3 noun [countable]  1. trailer.jpg TTBa vehicle that can be pulled behind another vehicle, used for carrying something heavy 拖车，挂车► see thesaurus at advertisement2. American EnglishTTR a vehicle that can be pulled behind a car, used for living and sleeping in during a holiday 〔度假中拖在汽车后面供起居和睡觉用的〕活动房屋 SYN British English caravan3. AMTAMFan advertisement for a new film or television show 〔电影、电视节目的〕新片预告，预告片► see thesaurus at movie
    Examples from the Corpus
    trailer• Instead of ploughing into it, however, it struck a tractor and trailer coming from the left.• Time was the people in trailer parks had no doubt that they had a friend in the Oval Office.• The dig was now over, trailers loaded with wreckage headed for home, the diggers contented.• Twin Lakes Fish Camp provides trailer hookups, tent camping sites, and several little cottages.• Nor did he point out that before carrying the sugar beet, the trailer had borne a much more fruity cargo.• Peter Jacobsen probably likes to sit in the front row at movies and be there in time for the trailers.• Go and poison the air in the trailer if you have to.• The movie does have one cinematic innovation: There is a joke in the trailer that is not in the film.    From Longman Business Dictionarytrailertrail‧er /ˈtreɪlə-ər/ noun [countable]1MANUFACTURINGan advertisement for a new film, television show etc showing small scenes from itThe trailer was put through rigorous consumer testing.2TRANSPORTa vehicle that can be pulled behind another vehicle, used for carrying materials or goods
    trail·er nounChineseSyllable
    can Business Corpus vehicle that behind be a pulled


    trailer
    trail‧er S3 /ˈtreɪlə $ -ər/ noun [countable]

    1. a vehicle that can be pulled behind another vehicle, used for carrying something heavy
    2. American English a vehicle that can be pulled behind a car, used for living and sleeping in during a holiday
       SYN  caravan British English
    3. an advertisement for a new film or television show


    trail·erBrE /ˈtreɪlə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtreɪlər/ 🔊 noun
    a truck, or a container with wheels, that is pulled by another vehicle 拖车；挂车◆a car towing a trailer with a boat on it拖着一辆载有小船的拖车的小汽车  ➡  see also tractor-trailer     (NAmE) (BrE mobile home) a vehicle without an engine, that can be pulled by a car or truck or used as a home or an office when it is parked （拖车式）活动房屋，活动工作室◆a trailer park (= an area where trailers are parked and used as homes) 拖车式活动房屋停车场(NAmE) = mobile home (1) (especially BrE) (NAmE usually preview) a series of short scenes from a film/movie or television programme, shown in advance to advertise it （电影或电视节目的）预告片<titled tranID="20" status="1">advertisement</titled>publicity ◇ ad ◇ commercial ◇ promotion ◇ trailer

    These are all words for a notice, picture or film/movie telling people about a product, job or service. 以上各词均指广告、启事。

    • advertisement a notice, picture or film/movie telling people about a product, job or service; an example of sth that shows its good qualities; the act of advertising sth and making it public 指广告、宣传的实例、广告活动或广告宣传：◆Put an advertisement in the local paper to sell your car. 在当地报纸登一则广告来出售你的汽车。◆Dirty streets are no advertisement for a prosperous society. 肮脏的街道绝不是繁荣社会的景象。
    • publicity [uncountable] the business of attracting the attention of the public to sb/sth such as a company, book, film/movie, film/movie star or product; the things that are done to attract attention 指宣传业、广告宣传工作或传播工作：◆She works in publicity. 她从事宣传工作。◆There has been a lot of advance publicity for her new film. 她的新电影尚未上映即大加宣传。
    • ad, advert (informal) a notice, picture or film/movie telling people about a product, job or service 指广告、启事：◆We put an ad in the local paper. 我们在当地报纸上刊登了一则广告。◆an ad for a new chocolate bar 新品种巧克力棒的广告
    • commercial an advertisement on television or on the radio 指电视或电台播放的广告
    • promotion a set of advertisements for a particular product or service; activities done in order to increase the sales of a product or service 指广告宣传、促销活动：◆a special promotion of local products 当地产品的特别促销活动◆She works in sales and promotion. 她从事销售和推广工作。
    • trailer (especially BrE) a series of short scenes from a film/movie or television programme, shown in advance to advertise it 指电影或电视节目的预告片

    Patterns

    • (a/an) advertisement/publicity/ad/commercial/promotion/trailer for sth
    • a TV/television/radio/cinema advertisement/ad/commercial/promotion
    • to run/show a(n) advertisement/ad/commercial/trailer