crate（英语词条百科式说明）

基本信息

单词：crate

音标：/kreɪt/

词性：名词，可数；动词

中文释义

名词

木箱，板条箱（常用于运输瓶子、易碎品或货物）

一箱（货物或饮料等，通常指箱子里的内容物）

破旧的车辆或飞机（非正式，带贬义）

 

动词

用箱子装运、打包

 

词源

源自中古英语 crate，进一步追溯自拉丁语 cratis，意为“柳条篮，编织物”。在19世纪逐渐固定为运输容器的含义。

常见搭配

wooden crate（木制板条箱）

shipping crate（运输用箱）

milk crate（牛奶箱）

a crate of beer（一箱啤酒）

fruit crate（水果箱）

用法说明

作为名词：强调容器本身，或容器内的数量单位。

作为动词：常见于被动语态，如 be crated for shipment（被装入木箱运送）。

口语中：带贬义时可指“破车”或“破飞机”。

例句（10句）

The bottles were packed in a wooden crate.

We received a crate of fresh apples from the farm.

The workers loaded the shipping crates onto the truck.

He bought a crate of beer for the party.

The fragile antiques were carefully placed in crates for transport.

The old car was such a crate that it broke down every week.

Soldiers opened the crates to unload the supplies.

The furniture was crated and shipped overseas.

A crate of milk bottles stood outside the shop.

The airplane looked like an old crate but still managed to fly.

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