English Dictionary

tanker

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈtæŋkə(ɹ)/

名詞

アメリカ英語 イギリス英語 通常 俗語

(nautical) A tank ship, a vessel used to transport large quantities of liquid. / (automotive, US) A tank truck. / (automotive, UK) A fuel tanker, petrol tanker, road tanker.

日本語の意味

(航海) 液体を大量に運ぶために使用されるタンク船 / (自動車, 米国) タンクトラック / (自動車, 英国) 燃料（またはガソリン）を運搬するためのタンカー、ロードタンカー

The tanker docked at the port before unloading its cargo of crude oil.

その油槽船は原油の積み荷を下ろす前に港に停泊した。

意味（1）

(nautical) A tank ship, a vessel used to transport large quantities of liquid.

The channel at Chan-chiang is being dredged to a depth of 50 feet enabling tankers of 70,000 tons to call.

意味（2）

(automotive, US) A tank truck.

意味（3）

(automotive, UK) A fuel tanker, petrol tanker, road tanker.

意味（4）

(aviation, usually military) An aircraft carrying a large supply of jet fuel or avgas for aerial refueling of other aircraft, plus equipment allowing the in-air transfer of fuel.

Without the KC-46 tankers orbiting in friendly airspace, our fighters would've run out of fuel long before reaching the combat zone.

意味（5）

(aviation, firefighting) An aircraft built or modified to carry water and/or fire retardant for dropping on wildfires.

While our ground teams cut firebreaks in the brush, the tankers kept the fire in the mountains at bay with frequent drops of water and retardant.

意味（6）

(rail transport) A tank car.

意味（7）

(military) Member of a tank crew, or of an armoured unit.

On February 19, 1943, American tankers felt the full wrath of the German Army in North Africa when its tank-led spearhead punched a 2-mile-wide hole through American lines at Faid Pass in Tunisia, […]

意味（8）

(surfing slang) A longboard.

I swung the tanker around just in time to take off with the lip.

tankers （ plural ）