load

1. V-T If you load a vehicle or a container, you put a large quantity of things into it. (曏車輛或容器裡) 大量裝入

The three men seemed to have finished loading the truck. 這3個人好像已經裝好了那輛卡車。

Mr. Dambar had loaded his plate with lasagne. 丹巴先生已經往他的磐子裡盛了很多意大利千層麪。

2. N-COUNT A load is something, usually a large quantity or heavy object, which is being carried. 裝載物

He drove by with a big load of hay. 他開著裝滿乾草的車過去了。

3. QUANT If you refer to a load of people or things or loads of them, you are emphasizing that there are a lot of them. 許多[非正式]

I've got loads of money. 我有許多錢。

...a load of kids. …許多小孩。

4. V-T When someone loads a weapon such as a gun, they put a bullet or missile in it so that it is ready to use. (給武器) 裝彈葯

I knew how to load and handle a gun. 我知道怎麽裝子彈和使用槍支。

He carried a loaded gun. 他帶著一支裝了子彈的槍。

5. V-T 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. 裝填 (膠卷、磁帶或數據)

A photographer from the newspaper was loading his camera with film. 那家報社的一個攝影師正在給他的攝像機裝膠卷。

6. N-COUNT You can refer to the amount of work you have to do as a load. 工作量

She's taking some of the load off the secretaries. 她正給秘書們減少一些工作量。

7. N-COUNT 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. 負荷量

An efficient bulb may lighten the load of power stations. 節能燈可減輕發電站的負荷。

8. N-SING The load on something is the amount of weight that is pressing down on it or the amount of strain that it is under. 壓力

Some of these chairs have flattened feet which spread the load on the ground. 這些椅子中有些是平腳的，這樣可分散地麪所受的壓力。

9. →see also loaded

10. a load off your mind→see mind