trucker

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

Related topics: Occupations, Motor vehicles

truck·er /ˈtrʌkə $ -ər/ noun [countable]  American EnglishBOTTC a truck driver 货车司机，卡车司机

Examples from the Corpus

trucker• Fuel protest runs out of steam A national protest by truckers demanding cheaper fuel turned out to be a low-key affair.• On holidays and weekends, the interstates grow thick with campers from Florida, truckers from Vermont, and Bay State skiers.• Judy pointed to the truck and explained to me that coffee is free for truckers here.• Rocky had accounted for all his truckers, with the exception of his three buddies, Chuck, Jube and Red.• Many truckers gave up on making deliveries and thousands were without power.• Grant's other ally, Rocky O'Rourke, had also answered the call and enlisted the willing aid of nine other truckers.• In the rear of the lead sixteen wheeler rode Jube and the six other truckers who had been recruited by Rocky.• And many of those truckers obviously felt it was their right to deliver goods to points far beyond the border town.

truck·er nounChineseSyllable  

Corpus truck a driver

trucker
truck‧er /ˈtrʌkə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
American English a truck driver
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ driver someone who regularly drives, or someone who is driving a car, train, etc at a particular time: Car drivers now pay more than ever for fuel. | The coach was badly damaged, but the driver was unhurt.
   ▪ motorist [usually plural] especially written someone who drives a car – used especially when talking about car drivers in general: increased taxes on the motorist | Motorists who are caught speeding have to pay a heavy fine.
   ▪ chauffeur someone whose job is to drive a car for someone else: He was picked up by a chauffeur in a limousine.
   ▪ trucker American English informal someone who drives a truck: Mexico has no limit on how many hours truckers can drive daily.
   ▪ road hog informal someone who drives dangerously, without considering the safety of other people on the road, for example by not letting other drivers pass: Some road hogs drive at well below the speed limit, because they want to use their mobile phones.

truck·erBrE /ˈtrʌkə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtrʌkər/ 🔊 noun (especially NAmE) a person whose job is driving a truck 卡车司机