tanker• He had boxed in the Army before he had become a tanker.• A tankerban is only one of a package of measures which may be in place by the year 2000.• The Exxon Valdez was an oddity: one large oil company owned both tanker and oil, and employed the crew.• Last year was the worst for tankerspills since 1980.• It will be accompanied by five other warships, including destroyers and guidedmissilecruisers, and a fueltanker.• Meanwhile, the tankers did neutralsteers and were just blasting with their guns.• The water was supplied from an eight-wheeled tanker that had arrived in Heymouth only an hour before.
1ship carrying oil or petrol/gasoline油輪ADJECTIVE | TANKER + VERB | TANKER + NOUNADJECTIVE➤giant, huge, large巨型油輪▸➤gas, oil油輪TANKER + VERB➤carry sth, transport sth油輪裝運⋯/運輸⋯◇a tanker carrying thousands of tons of crude oil運載數千噸原油的油輪➤run aground油輪擱淺◇The tanker ran aground in heavy seas.油輪在波濤洶湧的大海上擱淺。➤spill sth油輪泄漏⋯◇A damaged tanker has spilled millions of gallons of oil into the sea.一艘受損的油輪在大海上泄漏了數百萬加侖石油。TANKER + NOUN➤disaster, spill油輪災難/泄漏◇the worst year for tanker spills for ten years10 年來油輪泄漏情況最嚴重的一年➤fleet油輪船隊tanker
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2heavy vehicle for carrying liquids罐車ADJECTIVE | VERB + TANKER | TANKER + VERB | TANKER + NOUNADJECTIVE➤fuel, gasoline, milk, petrol, water燃料罐車;汽油罐車;奶罐車;水罐車▸➤road (BrE) 公路運輸罐車VERB + TANKER➤drive駕駛罐車TANKER + VERB➤carry sth罐車裝運⋯TANKER + NOUN➤driver (BrE) 罐車司機▸➤aircraft, truck (especially NAmE) 空中加油機;油罐卡車◇The Air Force urgently needs a new tanker aircraft.空軍迫切需要一種新型加油機。