The ship was carrying a cargo of crude oil. we put all of our cargo on the pack animals and began our journey through the canyon
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Etymology
Spanish, load, charge, from cargar to load, from Late Latin carricare — more at charge entry 1
ADJECTIVE | VERB + CARGO | CARGO + NOUNADJECTIVE➤bulk, heavy散裝貨;沉重的貨物▸➤precious, valuable貴重的/珍貴的貨物◇a precious cargo of antiques一批珍貴的古董➤deadly, hazardous, high-risk致命的/危險的/高風險的貨物◇The terrorists parked the van with its deadly cargo in a dark alleyway.恐怖分子把裝有致命貨物的貨車停在了一條黑暗的胡同裏。➤dry乾貨◇dry cargo, such as fruit乾貨,例如水果➤human被販運的人◇The boats discharged their human cargo a little way from the shore.那些船在快靠岸的地方把販運的人卸了下來。➤military (especially NAmE) 軍用貨物◇the packaging and transporting of military cargo軍用貨物的包裝和運輸VERB + CARGO➤carry, haul, move, transport運載/拖運/搬運/運輸貨物▸➤load, take on裝載/承載貨物◇The ship stopped to take on a cargo of fruit.輪船停下來裝載水果。➤discharge, offload, unload卸貨➤deliver送貨▸➤handle處理貨物◇The port handles cargo from all over Asia.這個港口處理從亞洲各地運來的貨物。CARGO + NOUN➤aircraft, boat, carrier, hauler, plane, ship, truck, vessel貨機;貨船;貨運公司;貨輪;貨車▸➤bay, hold貨艙◇The satellite was stowed in the shuttle's cargo bay for return to Earth.這顆衞星被收藏在航天飛機的貨艙以返回地球。◇He was found hiding in the cargo hold of a plane.他被發現藏在飛機的貨艙裏。➤compartment, container貨艙;貨物集裝箱▸➤handler, handling理貨員;貨物處理➤capacity (especially NAmE) 載貨能力