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A trucker is someone whose job is driving a truck — a big goods vehicle — usually over long distances. It is the everyday, friendly word; *truck driver* is the plain neutral term and *trucker* is the warm one, the one truckers use about themselves.
A truckertrucker is someone whose job is driving a truck指的是以開卡車為工作的人 — a big goods vehicle卡車是一種大型的貨運車輛 — usually over long distances通常是跑長途的. It is the everyday, friendly word這是個日常、親切的字; *truck driver* is the plain neutral termtruck driver是平實中性的說法 and *trucker* is the warm one而trucker是比較溫暖的說法, the one truckers use about themselves是卡車司機自己拿來稱呼自己的那個字。
It is strongly American. In Britain the same job is a * driver*, and a British person saying "trucker" is usually thinking of American highways.
It is strongly American這是個非常美式的字. In Britain the same job is a *lorry driver*在英國同樣的工作叫lorry driver, and a British person saying "trucker" is usually thinking of American highways如果一個英國人說'trucker'，通常想到的是美國的公路。
The word carries a whole picture with it in American culture: enormous trucks crossing the country at night, , coffee, CB radios, country songs. So *trucker* is not only an occupation but a kind of person in people's imagination.
The word carries a whole picture with it in American culture這個字在美國文化裡帶著一整幅畫面: enormous trucks crossing the country at night巨大的卡車在夜裡橫越整個國家, roadside diners, coffee, CB radios, country songs路邊的小餐館、咖啡、CB無線電、鄉村歌曲. So *trucker* is not only an occupation but a kind of person in people's imagination所以trucker不只是一種職業，也是人們想像中的一種人物形象。
You will meet the word most often stuck to something else: a *trucker hat* (the mesh-backed baseball cap, now a fashion item — this is probably the most common use your students will see), a *trucker's cafe*, *trucker slang*. Note that *trucker* is a person while *trucking* is the industry, and the two are not .
You will meet the word most often stuck to something else你最常會看到這個字黏在別的字後面: a *trucker hat* (the mesh-backed baseball cap, now a fashion item — this is probably the most common use your students will see)trucker hat（網背棒球帽，現在是流行單品——這大概是你的學生最常會看到的用法）, a *trucker's cafe*trucker's cafe（卡車司機咖啡館）, *trucker slang*trucker slang（卡車司機的行話）. Note that *trucker* is a person while *trucking* is the industry要注意trucker是指人，而trucking是指這整個產業, and the two are not interchangeable兩者不能互換。
組成truck + -er, the ending that turns a thing or an action into the person who works with it: teach → teacher, farm → farmer, truck → trucker. Worth telling students that this -er is one of the most useful endings in English, because it lets them build a job title from almost any verb or tool.
原始詞典資料5 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。
truckernoun詞源 1/ˈtɹʌkə/
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derogatorydialectalOne who has done something offensive; a deceitful, dishonest, or disreputable person; a deceiver; a cheat.
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derogatorydialectalA rogue; rascal; miscreant; a ne'er-do-well.
truckeradj詞源 1/ˈtɹʌkə/
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derogatorydialectalDishonest; resulting from or inspired by dishonesty.
truckernoun詞源 2/ˈtɹʌkə/
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derogatorydialectalinformalA truck driver.
- I says, "Pig Pen, this here's the Rubber Duck We just ain't a-gonna pay no toll." So we crashed the gate doing ninety-eight. I says "Let them truckers roll, 10-4!"
- He slung wild salmon at a Whole Foods fish counter, lived on beef jerky and Gatorade on a grueling eight-state journey with a long haul trucker, sneaked into giant pig and chicken factory farms with animal activists, and interviewed the equivalent of modern-day slaves in the Thai fishing industry. […] Because of deregulation and the drive to lower costs, Mr. Lorr said, truckers are now regarded by many companies as just another replaceable part. Some can barely eke out a living.
truckernoun詞源 3/ˈtɹʌkə/
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derogatoryarchaicdialectalOne who trucks or trafficks, by trade of goods; a trafficker.
- No man having ever yet driven a saving bargain with this great trucker for souls.
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。