Tra từ loads - Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

load UK [ləʊd] US [loʊd] noun [ loads ]

AMOUNT CARRIED

1. <I > countable the amount of weight carried, especially by a vehicle, a structure such as a bridge, or an animal
• The maximum load for this elevator is eight persons.
• One truck involved in the accident was carrying a heavy load of coal.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑General words for size and amount
2. a load ( also loads ) informal
<A > a lot
• I've got a load of work to get through before tomorrow.
• There were a load of people there.
• Have some more food - there's loads.
• She looks loads better with her new haircut.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Large in number or quantity
3. countable specialized in an electrical system, an electrical device which takes power, or the electrical power put into the system
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Electricity and electronics

• The old man was carrying a load of sticks.
• The safe load for a truck of this size works out at nearly twenty tonnes.
• The rope gave under the weight of the load.
• An articulated lorry has overturned on the south-bound carriageway, shedding its load.
• He laboured up the hill with his heavy load.

AMOUNT TO DO
4. countable the amount of work to be done by a person
• If we share the organization of the party, that will help spread the load a bit.
• I've got a heavy/light teaching load this term.
See also caseload; workload
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Work, working and the workplace ↑Working hours and periods of work
5. only singular a painful, difficult or tiring situation to deal with
• I wish I could do something to lighten your load (= make your situation easier).
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences ↑Accidents and disasters
Idioms: Get a load of that! ▪ load of crap

verb

CARRY

1. <I > intransitive or transitive to put a lot of things into a vehicle or machine
• How long will it take to load this sand onto the lorry?
• Let's load up the car and then we can go.
• to load the dishwasher/washing machine
See also overload
Opposite unload
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Wrapping, packing and loading
2. be loaded down with sth
to have too much to carry, or too much work to do
• I was loaded down with shopping.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Too much and unnecessary
3. be loaded with sth
to contain a lot of something
• Most fast foods are loaded with fat.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Full

• Could you empty the washing machine, please?
• They loaded the lorry with potatoes.
• It's your turn to load the dishwasher.
• They loaded the boxes onto the ship.
• We will need a fork-lift truck to load these crates.

PUT INTO

4. transitive to put film in a camera or bullets in a gun
• Do not load the film (= put it into the camera) in bright light.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Filling and completing