1823, in Suffolk dialect, "a cart," especially one with wheels flanged for running on a track (1858), probably from troll (v.) in the sense of "to roll." Sense transferred to "device used to transmit electric current to streetcars, consisting of a trolley wheel which makes contact with the overhead wires" (1888), then "streetcar drawing power by a trolley" (1891), which probably is short for trolley-car, attested from 1889.
1. In his wake came a waiter wheeling a trolley.
一位推着手推车的侍者紧随着他过来。
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2. The porter put our scruffy rain-sodden luggage on a trolley.
搬运工把我们那些被雨水浸透的脏兮兮的行李放上了手推车。
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3. Sister Middleton followed the coffee trolley.
护士长米德尔顿跟在送咖啡的推车后面。
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4. He took a northbound trolley on State Street.
他在州街登上了一辆北行的有轨电车。
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5. Is she off her trolley or what?
她是疯了还是怎么了?
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英 ['trɒlɪ]
美 ['trɑli]
n. 手推车;(美)有轨电车(等于trolley car);(英)无轨电车(等于trolleybus);空中吊运车
1823, in Suffolk dialect, "a cart," especially one with wheels flanged for running on a track (1858), probably from troll (v.) in the sense of "to roll." Sense transferred to "device used to transmit electric current to streetcars, consisting of a trolley wheel which makes contact with the overhead wires" (1888), then "streetcar drawing power by a trolley" (1891), which probably is short for trolley-car, attested from 1889.
双语例句
1. In his wake came a waiter wheeling a trolley.
一位推着手推车的侍者紧随着他过来。
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2. The porter put our scruffy rain-sodden luggage on a trolley.