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核心畫面

Picture a cart, a truck, or a person's back piled high with stuff to carry from one place to another. That heavy heap-to-be-carried is the heart of the word. Stretch it and 'a load' becomes simply 'a lot'; let the weight press down and it becomes work or worry that feels heavy; and as a verb it is the act of piling that stuff on — onto a truck, into a camera, or onto a computer.

可以想成一台車、一輛卡車，或一個人的背上堆滿了要從一處搬到另一處的東西。這一堆「待搬運的重物」就是整個字的核心。把它…更多收起可以想成一台車、一輛卡車，或一個人的背上堆滿了要從一處搬到另一處的東西。這一堆「待搬運的重物」就是整個字的核心。把它拉開，a load 就單純變成「一大堆、很多」；讓重量往下壓，它就變成壓在身上的工作或煩惱；當動詞時，它是把那堆東西堆上去的動作——堆上卡車、裝進相機，或載入電腦。

原始詞典資料42 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

loadnoun詞源 1/loʊd/

  • 1

    A burden; a weight to be carried.

    • I struggled up the hill with the heavy load in my rucksack.
  • 2

    A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind.

    • Our life's a load.
    • I came here with a load and it feels so much lighter, now I’ve met you.
  • 3

    A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time.

    • The truck overturned while carrying a full load of oil.
    • She put another load of clothes in the washing machine.
  • 4

    A quantity of washing put into a washing machine for a wash cycle.

    • I put a load on before we left.
  • 5

    Used to form nouns that indicate a large quantity, often corresponding to the capacity of a vehicle

  • 6

    A large number or amount.

    • I got loads of presents for my birthday!
    • I got a load of emails about that.
  • 7

    The volume of work required to be performed.

    • Will our web servers be able to cope with that load?
  • 8

    engineeringnatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesThe force exerted on a structural component such as a beam, girder, cable etc.

    • Each of the cross-members must withstand a tensile load of 1,000 newtons.
另外 12 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    businesselectricalelectrical-engineeringThe electrical current or power delivered by a device.

    • I'm worried that the load on that transformer will be too high.
  • 10

    engineeringnatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesA resistive force encountered by a prime mover when performing work.

  • 11

    businesselectricalelectrical-engineeringAny component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit.

    • Connect a second 24-ohm load across the power supply's output terminals.
  • 12

    A unit of measure for various quantities.

    • If this load equals its modern representative, it contains 18 cwt. of dry, 19 of new hay.
  • 13

    A very small explosive inserted as a gag into a cigarette or cigar.

  • 14

    The charge of powder for a firearm; a loaded cartridge or round of ammunition.

    • With the thought he he arose and removed his rifle from its boot. He looked to its loads and saw that the magazine was full. Then he inspected his revolver.
  • 15

    obsoleteWeight or violence of blows.

    • Far heavier load thyself expect to feel From my prevailing arm
  • 16

    vulgarslangDefecation.

  • 17

    vulgarslangThe contents (e.g. semen) of an ejaculation.

    • Already, Robbie had dumped a load into his dad, and now, before my very eyes, was Alan's own cock lube seeping out of Robbie's crinkled but fleshy sphincter.
    • It felt so good, I wanted to just keep going until I blew a load down his throat, but I hadn't even seen his ass yet, and I sure didn't want to come yet.
  • 18

    Nonsense; rubbish.

    • What a load!
  • 19

    computingengineeringmathematicsThe process of loading something, i.e. transferring it into memory or over a network, etc.

    • All of those uncompressed images are going to slow down the page load.
    • This description represents a form of delay slot: the load operation takes some time to complete, say n cycles. Thus, the value loaded only becomes valid n cycles after the load seems to have executed and can therefore only be read after then.
  • 20

    Prepaid phone credit.

loadverb詞源 1/loʊd/

  • 1

    To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage).

    • The dock workers refused to load the ship.
  • 2

    To place in or on a conveyance or a place of storage.

    • The longshoremen loaded the cargo quickly.
    • He loaded his stuff into his storage locker.
  • 3

    To put a load on something.

    • The truck was supposed to leave at dawn, but in fact we spent all morning loading.
  • 4

    To receive a load.

    • The truck is designed to load easily.
    • [I]n his Paroxyſms, as he vvalked the Streets, he vvould have his Pockets loaden vvith Stones, to pelt at the Signs.
  • 5

    To be placed into storage or conveyance.

    • The containers load quickly and easily.
  • 6

    To fill (a firearm or artillery) with munition.

    • I pulled the trigger, but nothing happened. I had forgotten to load the gun.
  • 7

    To insert (an item or items) into an apparatus so as to ready it for operation, such as a reel of film into a camera, sheets of paper into a printer etc.

    • Now that you've loaded the film [into the camera], you're ready to start shooting.
    • Now that you've loaded the camera [with film], you're ready to start shooting.
  • 8

    To fill (an apparatus) with raw material.

    • The workers loaded the blast furnace with coke and ore.
另外 12 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    To be put into use in an apparatus.

    • The cartridge was designed to load easily.
  • 10

    computingengineeringmathematicsTo read (data or a program) from a storage medium into computer memory.

    • Click OK to load the selected data.
  • 11

    computingengineeringmathematicsTo transfer from a storage medium into computer memory.

    • The file took ten minutes to load.
    • This program takes an age to load.
  • 12

    ball-gamesbaseballgamesTo put runners on first, second and third bases

    • He walks to load the bases.
  • 13

    To tamper with so as to produce a biased outcome.

    • You can load the dice in your favour by researching the company before your interview.
    • The wording of the ballot paper loaded the vote in favour of the Conservative candidate.
  • 14

    To ask or adapt a question so that it will be more likely to be answered in a certain way.

  • 15

    To encumber with something negative, to place as an encumbrance.

    • The new owners had loaded the company with debt.
    • The new owners loaded debt on the company.
  • 16

    To provide in abundance.

    • He loaded his system with carbs before the marathon.
    • He loaded carbs into his system before the marathon.
  • 17

    To weight (a cane, whip, etc.) with lead or similar.

  • 18

    archaicslangTo adulterate or drug.

    • to load wine
  • 19

    archaicTo magnetize.

    • one oscillation of the loaded magnet,
  • 20

    to top up or purchase phone credits

loadnoun詞源 2

  • 1

    obsoleteA person that spends all day online. The term was originally used in the late 1980s to describe users on free Q-Link (later America Online) accounts who never signed off the system at great expense to the company.

    • She never logs off; she is a real LOAD!

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資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。