transporter

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

trans·port·er /trænˈspɔːtə $ -ˈspɔːrtər/ AWL noun [countable] TTCa long vehicle that can carry one or more other vehicles 〔运载其他车辆的〕运输车

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transporter• Sooner or later water must have acted as a transporter for dissolved materials.• They checked the two men as they left the air transporter.• The cars went by transporter again.• Once he nicked my entire Corgi transporter filled with cars and a train set.• In theory, scientists could develop drugs that bind to the dopamine transporter, which would lock the door to cocaine.• The executive transporter bay was a chaos of foam and whirling shapes which might or might not have been armed troopers.• We will load them all on the transporter.• The accident happened on a busy dual carriageway when the transporter hit a grass verge and landed on top of one of the cars.From Longman Business Dictionarytransportertrans‧port‧er /trænˈspɔːtə-ˈspɔːrtər/ noun [countable]TRANSPORT1a long heavy vehicle used for moving other vehicles from one place to anothera car transporter2a company that moves goods from one place to anothera five-day strike by private transporters