load
负荷,负载,装载,加载
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Definitions
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- : anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
- : the quantity that can be or usually is carried at one time, as in a cart.
- : this quantity taken as a unit of measure or weight or a discrete quantity: carload; wagonload.
- : the quantity borne or sustained by something; burden: a tree weighed down by its load of fruit.
- : the weight supported by a structure or part.
- : the amount of work assigned to or to be done by a person, team, department, machine, or mechanical system: a reasonable load of work.
- : something that weighs down or oppresses like a burden; onus: Supporting her younger brothers has been a heavy load for her.
- : loads, Informal. a great quantity or number: loads of fun; loads of people.
- : the charge for a firearm.
- : a commission charged to buyers of mutual-fund shares.
- : Engineering. any of the forces that a structure is calculated to oppose, comprising any unmoving and unvarying force , any load from wind or earthquake, and any other moving or temporary force .
- : Electricity. the power delivered by a generator, motor, power station, or transformer.a device that receives power.
- : Mechanics. the external resistance overcome by an engine, dynamo, or the like, under given conditions, measured and expressed in terms of the power required.
- : Geology. the burden of sediment being carried by a stream or river.Compare bed load.
- : Slang. a sufficient amount of liquor drunk to cause intoxication: He's got a load on tonight.
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- : to put a load on or in; fill: to load a ship.
- : to supply abundantly, lavishly, or excessively with something: They loaded us down with gifts.
- : to weigh down, burden, or oppress: to feel loaded down with responsibilities; to load oneself with obligations.
- : to insert a charge, projectile, etc., into.
- : to place into a camera or other device: He loaded the film into the camera.
- : to place film, tape, etc., into: How do you load this camera?
- : to take on as a load: a ship loading coal.
- : to add to the weight of, sometimes fraudulently: The silver candlesticks were loaded with lead.
- : Insurance. to increase by adding charges, as for expenses.
- : to add additional or prejudicial meaning to: The attorney kept loading his questions in the hope of getting the reply he wanted.
- : to overcharge with extraneous values of emotion, sentiment, or the like: emotion that loads any reference to home, flag, and mother.
- : to weight so that they will always come to rest with particular faces upward.
- : Baseball. to have or put runners at: They loaded the bases with two out in the eighth inning.
- : Fine Arts. to place a large amount of pigment on.to apply a thick layer of pigment to.
- : Metalworking. to become welded to. to fill the depressions in the surface of. to fill the cavity of.
- : Computers. to bring into main storage from external or auxiliary storage.to place into an appropriate device, as by inserting a disk into a disk drive.
- : Electricity. to add to an electric circuit.
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- : to put on or take on a load, as of passengers or goods: The bus usually loads at the side door.
- : to load a firearm.
- : to enter a carrier or conveyance: The students loaded quickly into the buses.
- : to become filled or occupied: The ship loaded with people in only 15 minutes.
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- : loads, Informal. very much; a great deal: Thanks loads. It would help loads if you sent some money.
Phrases
- loaded for bear
- loaded question
- load off one's feet
- load off one's mind, a
- load the dice
- bricks shy of a load
- carbo load
- get a load of
- take the load off
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
We’ve arrived sans luggage but with loads of curiosity as to how the night will progress.
Twice a week, the retired veterinary pathologist picks up half-ton loads of donated groceries from the Trader Joe’s in his neighborhood, then delivers the food to two charities for distribution.
If your job requires you to spend many hours at your desk, then perhaps you may sacrifice the look of a chic, smaller chair and go for a larger ergonomic model that gives you loads of support.
You can count me in for pretty much any dish with “loaded” and “potato” in its name.
In the office, that pressure wouldn’t be so intense because you’d be around loads of people who are doing the work with you.
He also was working to recruit Castro as a driver for a drug load.
“JSwipe is currently under heavy load,” flashed across the screen, one night as a friend and I looked at it.
Today, the quaint spectacle of a stage-managed fairy-tale celebration strikes many of us as a load of garbage.
He would load his chair with groceries and other purchases, once a 30-roll package of toilet paper.
Biden made many visits to Baghdad and no doubt get fed a load of bull about inclusion on each one.
But, as the keel of the boats touched bottom, each boat-load dashed into the water and then into the enemy's fire.
Longcluse looked animated—smiling; but a stupendous load lay on his heart.
He had come down after the wagon load, which had to be pitched on again rather more deliberately.
Thus a straw rope enclosing twenty or more eggs, well protected, was made and thrown over the top of the load.
A most comical sight was the cook, perched on top of his load of pans, pots, and potatoes.