trolleyとは

語源

Early 19th century: of dialect origin, perhaps from troll.

発音

• 韻: -ɒli

名詞

trolley (複数形 trollies または trolleys)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, Britain) A cart or shopping cart.
2. (Britain) A hand truck.
3. (Britain) A soapbox car.
4. (Britain) A gurney.
5. A single-pole device for collecting electrical current from an overhead electrical line usually for a tram or streetcar. Usually called a trolley pole.
6. (US) A streetcar or a system of streetcars.
7. (US, colloquial) A light rail system or a train on such a system.
8. A truck from which the load is suspended in some kinds of cranes.
9. A truck which travels along the fixed conductors in an electric railway, and forms a means of connection between them and a railway car.

派生語

動詞

trolley (三人称単数 現在形 trolleys, 現在分詞 trolleying, 過去形および過去分詞形 trolleyed または trollied)

1. To bring to by trolley.
2. To use a trolley vehicle to go from one place to another.