load /ləʊd/ star3 CET4 TEM4 (loading,loaded,loads)

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  V-T（及物动词） If you load a vehicle or a container, you put a large quantity of things into it. (向车辆或容器里) 大量装入

  例：

  The three men seemed to have finished loading the truck.

  这3个人好像已经装好了那辆卡车。

• 2.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） A load is something, usually a large quantity or heavy object, which is being carried. 装载物

  例：

  He drove by with a big load of hay.

  他开着装满干草的车过去了。

• 3.  

  QUANT（数量词） If you refer to a load of people or things or loads of them, you are emphasizing that there are a lot of them. 许多 [非正式]

  例：

  I've got loads of money.

  我有许多钱。

• 4.  

  V-T（及物动词） When someone loads a weapon such as a gun, they put a bullet or missile in it so that it is ready to use. (给武器) 装弹药

  例：

  I knew how to load and handle a gun.

  我知道怎么装子弹和使用枪支。

• 5.  

  V-T（及物动词） To load a camera or other piece of equipment means to put film, tape, or data into it so that it is ready to use. 装填 (胶卷、磁带或数据)

  例：

  A photographer from the newspaper was loading his camera with film.

  那家报社的一个摄影师正在给他的摄像机装胶卷。

• 6.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） You can refer to the amount of work you have to do as a load. 工作量

  例：

  She's taking some of the load off the secretaries.

  她正给秘书们减少一些工作量。

• 7.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） The load of a system or piece of equipment, especially a system supplying electricity or a computer, is the extent to which it is being used at a particular time. 负荷量

  例：

  An efficient bulb may lighten the load of power stations.

  节能灯可减轻发电站的负荷。

• 8.  

  N-SING（单数型名词） The load on something is the amount of weight that is pressing down on it or the amount of strain that it is under. 压力

  例：

  Some of these chairs have flattened feet which spread the load on the ground.

  这些椅子中有些是平脚的，这样可分散地面所受的压力。

• 9.  

  （） → see also loaded
• 10.  

  （） a load off your mind →see mind