“皮卡车;轻型载货卡车”。一种带有封闭驾驶室、后部为开放式货厢(可装载货物)的轻型卡车,常用于运输工具、材料或户外活动装备。(英式英语中常见说法为 pickup 或 pick-up。)
/ˈpɪkʌp trʌk/
He drives a pickup truck to work.
他开皮卡车去上班。
After the storm, they loaded fallen branches into a pickup truck and hauled them away to clear the road.
暴风雨过后,他们把倒下的树枝装进皮卡车里运走,以清理道路。
pickup 源自短语 pick up(“捡起、装载、接载”),早期可指“可用于装载/运送的车辆”;与 truck(“卡车”)组合后,pickup truck 就特指“带开放式货厢、便于装载的轻型卡车”。拼写上可见 pickup truck / pick-up truck 两种形式。