tractor
UK/'træktə/US/'træktә/
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Definitions
n.
A powerful motor vehicle used on farms to pull machinery and trailers
拖拉机（农用，用于牵引机械和拖车）
n.
The front cab unit that pulls a large trailer (a tractor-trailer)
牵引车头（拉半挂拖车的部分）
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedtract (pull) + -or (the thing/one that does it) = 'the puller.' A tractor is, by its very name, the machine whose job is to pull — a plow, a trailer, a load.
Root tra still carries 109 more wordsWhy It Means This
tractor is the clearest window into the whole root: it's just tract ('pull') + -or ('the one that does'). Coined in the 1800s, it literally named a machine as 'the puller.' Once you see that, traction (the grip needed to pull) and tractor sit obviously side by side.
Common Collocations
- 1.drive a tractor开拖拉机
- 2.tractor-trailer半挂卡车
- 3.farm tractor农用拖拉机
- 4.tractor pull拖拉机拉力赛
Example Sentences
- 1.
The farmer drove the tractor slowly across the muddy field.
- 2.
A tractor pulled the broken-down truck out of the ditch.